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Too Much Transparency Can Harm Left-Wing Bills, Massachusetts Democratic Legislator Says

Too Much Transparency Can Harm Left-Wing Bills, Massachusetts Democratic Legislator Says

Matthew McDonald

Transparency is a core issue for left-wing Democrats in Massachusetts. "It's about transparency," the organization Progressive Massachusetts says on its web site to explain why it provides a legislative scorecard. The web site also has a list of 10 excuses state legislators give for not being more transparent about what they are doing, with rebuttals, including a pitch for more roll call votes.

But too much transparency can stunt the chances for certain legislation, a left-Democratic state senator said this week.

Hawaii Re-Joins Massachusetts’s No-No List For Visiting Here Without Quarantining
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Hawaii Re-Joins Massachusetts’s No-No List For Visiting Here Without Quarantining

Tom Joyce

Do you live in the Bay State? Do you want to go to Hawaii? That could be a bit of a problem now.

Hawaii has been taken off the list of states exempt from Massachusetts's travel order. Now people coming from Hawaii have two options when they enter into the Bay State:  produce a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival or quarantine for 14 days, as CBS Boston reports.

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