BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 -- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Advocates say Governor's proposal will Close the Open Meeting Law BOSTON - Today, the Governor filed the Municipal Empowerment Act. A coalition of democracy, disability access, and open government advocates expressed strong concerns about the bill's consequences for access to local government meetings. The proposal would make the format of local open meet  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Ruling follows conservation groups' appeal to protect critically endangered species * * * Conservation groups applaud a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision reinstating a 2024 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rule that protects critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear entanglements -- one of two major threats to the species' survival and recovery.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: * * * GBH Expands Local Jazz Offerings in Collaboration with JazzBoston Programming includes GBH Jazz Nights and new GBH Music Presents JazzNOW television and streaming series (Boston, Mass. - Jan. 31, 2025) - GBH, in collaboration with JazzBoston , has announced an expanded series of programs and events to showcase the wide-ranging talent of Greater Boston's jazz community and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business posted the following news release: * * * Gov. Healey Reintroduces the Tax Hiking "Municipal Em... BOSTON, MA (Jan. 31, 2025) - The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business advocacy association, released the following statement by NFIB State Director Christopher Carlozzi, commenting on Gov. Maura Healey's reintroduction this afternoon of the Municipal Empow  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Researchers to host roundtable meetings on shipwrecks and ghost gear Woods Hole, Mass. (Jan. 31, 2025) --Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) recently received a NOAA Sea Grant award to investigate impacts of ghost fishing gear (net and rope) on cultural heritage, specifically on submerged cultural heritage such as shipwrecks, and to develop means to remove the gear and re  more