BOSTON — Word arrived Friday afternoon from a group of homosexual veterans that the chief organizer of the St. Patrick's Day Parade has unilaterally invited them to march and that they have accepted.
The chief organizer overruled the rest of the council Friday and invited the group to march. Then, on Friday night, the council voted 11-0 to approve the invitation.
Massachusetts could possibly get a 10th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in five years if the next federal census finds enough residents, Secretary of State William Galvin said.
"I think the census in 2020 is going to be a defining matter for our state. We have been in a sort of nip-and-tuck with Washington state for representation. I don't want to hold out hope that we're going to get a congressional seat back. But when you look at the raw numbers, it's damn close," Galvin told the Joint Ways and Means Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature on Friday.
