BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker plans to step into the latest controversy holding up a planned $1.7 billion casino in Everett, telling WBZ-AM radio Wednesday night that he aims to get the development moving again by getting Somerville and Wynn Resorts casino officials to meet and iron out a solution.
"We're going to get the two sides together and see if we can get this thing back on track," Baker said during an appearance on the station's "Nightside" program. "Our goal is to see if we can get the parties together and get this resolved."
BOSTON – More than 50 Bay State residents, all with passionately held pro-family views, rallied in the State House Wednesday and fanned out to lobby lawmakers on bills that could affect public funding for abortion providers, the future of sex education, and personal privacy while expanding access for transgender persons to public bathrooms and school locker rooms.
The Massachusetts Family Institute and its president, Andrew Beckwith, led the day of advocacy among members of the House of Representatives and Senate. Topping the activists' list of legislation was a proposal introduced last month by state Rep. James Lyons (R-Andover) demanding an end to the practice of steering taxpayer money to a leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
