Hedlund Secures Funds for Foster Child Higher Education

Hedlund Secures Funds for Foster Child Higher Education

BOSTON, MA – On Thursday, January 19th, the Senate approved a $131 million supplemental budget for the current fiscal year 2012. Included ...

South Shore Legislators Secure Local Hearing on Proposed MBTA Fare Hike and Service Elimination

South Shore Legislators Secure Local Hearing on Proposed MBTA Fare Hike and Service Elimination

BOSTON, MA – Senator Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth), ranking member of the Joint Committee on Transportation, and Representative Garrett Bradley (D- Hingham) have ...

Hedlund EBT Reform Measure Advances

Hedlund EBT Reform Measure Advances

BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts State Senate advanced an amendment authored by Sen. Robert L. Hedlund (R – Weymouth) today that calls ...

Hedlund Secures Funds for Foster Child Higher Education

Hedlund Secures Funds for Foster Child Higher Education

Posted by bob on Jan 24, 2012 1
South Shore Legislators Secure Local Hearing on Proposed MBTA Fare Hike and Service Elimination

South Shore Legislators Secure Local Hearing on Proposed MBTA Fare

Posted by bob on Jan 9, 2012 2
Hedlund EBT Reform Measure Advances

Hedlund EBT Reform Measure Advances

Posted by bob on Dec 20, 2011 3
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Hedlund Secures Funds for Foster Child Higher Education

Jan 24

BOSTON, MA – On Thursday, January 19th, the Senate approved a $131 million supplemental budget for the current fiscal year 2012. Included in the final budget was an additional $1.8 million for the Foster and Adpted Child Fee Waiver program, which will fully fund the initiative for spring 2012 semester. The program, now in its [...]

Hedlund EBT Reform Measure Advances

Dec 20

BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts State Senate advanced an amendment authored by Sen. Robert L. Hedlund (R – Weymouth) today that calls on the State to form a commission to research, evaluate, and propose changes to the current use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. The amendment that Senator Hedlund filed on October 6, 2011 [...]

Hedlund Looks to Reunite The Coast (Hingham Patch)

Nov 17

Senator Robert Hedlund cosponsored an amendment today during the redistricting debate that would have reunited the coast from Quincy to Provincetown into one Congressional district. Hedlund (R-Weymouth), who represent Hingham, argued that the map proposed by the Joint Committee on Redistricting is predicated on the interests of incumbent Congressmen rather than communities of interest and [...]

Drunk-driving opponents press for ignition interlock law expansion (SHNS)

Oct 30

Interlock ignition devices have helped reduce drunk driving in Massachusetts since 2006 and all convicted drunk drivers should be required to use the devices, lawmakers, activists and police officials said Thursday. Mothers Against Drunk Driving officials joined Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) at the capitol to press for the bill’s passage, saying the policy is in [...]

Hedlund, anti-drunken-driving advocates push for tougher penalties (Patriot Ledger)

Oct 27

State Sen. Robert Hedlund and anti-drunken driving advocate Ron Bersani couldn’t disagree more on Hedlund’s proposal that could lift the ban on bars and restaurants offering free or discounted drinks. But the two longtime allies against drunken driving planned to stand together today in support of an effort to crack down on first-time offenders. Bersani [...]