Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5693 - An Act authorizing the town of Rutland to convert one seasonal license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises to an ann... https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5693 #mapoli

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5692 - An Act authorizing the town of Avon to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5692 #mapoli

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5691 - An Act further extending the time for issuing certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Hanover https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5691 #mapoli

I have long advocated for local control of liquor licenses. #MApoli #Waltham
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/13/n...

#mapoli old timers, is it fair to say that the DCR only exists because of the failure of the MDC? Is there a through line here?

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5690 - An Act authorizing the town of Ludlow to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5690 #mapoli

~BREAKING~ Westfield Planning Board unanimously votes to deny Servistar LLC a permit extension which would have kept the $4 billion hyperscale data center project alive.

Darrin Auger, IUOE Local 98 berated the board for their decision "You should be ashamed of yourselves."

#westernma
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Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5689 - An Act authorizing the town of Webster to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5689 #mapoli

There's now a situation with one Planning Board member not having their mic muted and it's causing an echo #mapoli

Three reasons to vote yes on Ballot Question 3:

#mapoli #massachusetts #yeson3

theberkshireedge.com/three-reason...

Monitoring the situation #mapoli #westernmass

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J) filed: H.5688 - An Act authorizing the town of Wayland to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5688 #mapoli

Oliveira, Jacob R. filed: S.3282 - An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Ann Marie Basile, an employee of the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3282 #mapoli

https://www.mass.gov/doc/berkshire-training-and-employment-inc-fy27-pv/download and 47 others were updated on October 12, 2026.

See all updates: https://github.com/JonGerhardson/massgovupdates/blob/main/daily_updates/2026-10-12.csv #mapoli

Mark, Paul W. filed: S.3280 - An Act authorizing the town of Heath to continue the employment of the fire chief https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3280 #mapoli

I live in the affluent town of Newton, MA, a suburb of Boston

I just went to the farmer's market in Cold Spring Park.

Among other things, bought some Macoun apples at $3/lb, about twice the supermarket price

The Macoun's are crappy apples

forewarned is fore armed

#Boston #Newton #MaPoli #Ma

Economic opportunity in Massachusetts shouldn’t depend on ZIP code or political connections. Our office just released a comprehensive report exposing significant inequities in the Massachusetts liquor licensing system. #mapoli

Accountability is built directly into Question 6. Funding is overseen by an independent public board with required annual reports and full revenue transparency—ensuring every dollar protects nature. www.natureforma.org/about-question-6
#YesOn6 #ProtectWaterAndNature #Accountability #MApoli

The op-ed cites an independent Act on Mass analysis of laws passed by the legislature since 1997, documenting a substantial decline in passage of overall bills and policy bills in particular. actonmass.org/2026/09/15/c...

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