Organization’s 111th gathering to bring 10k visitors to Hub This story was originally published in the Bay State Banner. Written by Yawu Miller, the Banner’s senior editor. VIEW BIO NAACP President Derrick Jackson speaks during a press conference held last week at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building. BANNER PHOTO Come July 25 of next year, [...]
ENVIRONMENT/ OPINION Massachusetts must prepare now for the challenges that are coming This Op-Ed was originally published in Commonwealth Magazine Written byNICK COLLINS, SARAH PEAKE and BRADLEY M. CAMPBELL PERCHED ON THE North Atlantic, with a shoreline prone to flooding and a history of damaging Nor’easters, and surrounded by the fastest warming ocean waters in the world, Massachusetts of all [...]
BOSTON – Earlier this year, State Senator Nick Collins joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate to unanimously pass An Act Preventing Distracted Driving, prohibiting the use of handheld mobile devices while driving. Last week, the House and Senate sent the Governor a final version of the bill, which was signed into law and [...]
PACT Act Will Protect Seniors, Reduce Prescription Drug Costs, and Increase Patient Access BOSTON –State Senator Nick Collins and The Massachusetts State Senate recently passed An Act relative to Pharmaceutical Access, Costs and Transparency (PACT Act), a comprehensive pharmaceutical cost control bill aimed at addressing the high and rapidly increasing costs of prescription drugs. By [...]
BOSTON –The Massachusetts State Senate recently unanimously voted to establish new requirements for higher education institutions. The goal of State Senator Nick Collins and his colleagues in the Senate is to support the financial stability of students and their families. These steps have been taken in response to recent closures of small colleges in the [...]
BOSTON –The Massachusetts State Senate recently passed an annual Supplemental Budget, including a provision earmarking $60 million to reimburse cities and towns for roadway repairs and infrastructure improvements. State Senator Nick Collins estimates that Boston stands to receive about $4.5 million of the investment into transportation infrastructure. The allocation will go to fund the Chapter [...]
BOSTON –State Senator Nick Collins recently sponsored an amendment to the annual Supplemental Budget in the Massachusetts State Senate which allocated $200,000 to the Boston Chapter of the NAACP for the National NAACP convention to be hosted in Boston next year. The amendment was unanimously adopted. “We want to thank Senator Nick Collins for his [...]
BOSTON – Last week State Senator Nick Collins and the Massachusetts State Senate passed two pieces of legislation intended to increase protections for children and persons with disabilities, including An Act to protect persons with intellectual or developmental disability from abuse, also known as “Nicky’s Law,” and An Act Relative to Children’s Health and Wellness. [...]
$1.5 Billion Pledged to Commonwealth Schools over Next 7 Years BOSTON –State Senator Nick Collins and the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed the Student Opportunity Act, an unprecedented $1.5 billion new investment in Massachusetts K-12 public education. This legislation ensures public schools have adequate resources to provide high-quality education to students across the state, regardless [...]
Legislation Would Remove Barriers to Addiction Intervention BOSTON –State Senator Nick Collins testified last week on a piece of legislation, S.866, An Act Relative to Saving Lives, designed to save lives by amending Section 35 to allow for those suffering from addiction to be committed to a public health facility by a justice of the [...]
