Alice Wolf - State Representative

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News and Announcements
07.07.10	Alice Wolf sponsors the Updated Bottle BIll Video of Rep. Wolf speaking at a press event for the Updated Bottle Bill on July 7, 2010.	Alice In The News
06.27.10	A well-trod path of acceptance While other cities are making headlines for electing gay public officials, Cambridge, which has more than 100,000 residents, has had three gay mayors in a row.	Alice In The News
10.05.09	Agassiz Baldwin breaks ground for visual arts center The Agassiz Baldwin Community (ABC) will officially broke ground on the new Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center on September 29.	Alice In The News
08.10.09	Amid Grabauskas Fallout, MBTA Fare Hike Blasted Financing options for the state's major transit system clouded Monday amid cross-accusations among stakeholders, with the Patrick administration continuing its retreat from a proposed 20-percent fare increase as lawmakers, riders, and the agency's recentl	Alice In The News
04.24.09	Advocates Scramble to Restore State Funding for LGBT Programs After suffering major funding cuts and the removal of earmark language for LGBT programs in the proposed House Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2010 budget last week, LGBT advocates and their allies in the State House are working to restore the cuts	Alice In The News
05.08.08	Advocates aim high in Senate budget lobbying Following modest funding increases for LGBT and HIV/AIDS programs in the House budget for the next fiscal year, advocates are pushing the Senate to approve much larger increases in its budget plan.	Alice In The News
03.10.08	Advocates turn out en masse for transgender civil rights bill Supporters of a bill to add gender identity to state civil rights laws far outnumbered opponents at a marathon public hearing before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary at the State House on March 4.	Alice In The News
02.13.08	Advocates disagree on HIV/AIDS lobby strategy Following AIDS Action Committee’s decision last month to withdraw from Project ABLE (AIDS Budget Legislative Effort), more members of the coalition have begun speaking out about their dissatisfaction with Project ABLE’s efforts to increase state funding f	Alice In The News
01.22.08	A Legislator's Responsibility As a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, I consider it my responsibility to ensure that women across the commonwealth have access to safe, affordable reproductive services.	Alice In The News
10.25.05	An Act Further Defining Comparable Work This legislation defines comparable work as requiring comparable skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions between employees of the opposite sex.	05-06 Workforce
10.25.05	An Act Providing for Notification of Certain Tenants In Massachusetts, there are tens of thousands low and moderate apartments in expiring use developments that are at risk of being converted to market-rate housing. The 'notice bill' provisions of this legislation give communities time to act and time to de	05-06 Housing
10.25.05	An Act Reducing Diesel Emissions from Non-Road Construction Vehicles This legislation calls for the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology in non-road vehicles, including excavators, backhoes, cranes, compressors, generators, bulldozers and similar equipment.	05-06 Environment
10.25.05	An Act Enabling Cities and Towns to Extend Voting Rights in Municipal Elections to Certain Non-Citiz This bill would allow local communities to extend non-citizen residents the right to vote in local elections (school committee, city council, etc.) with the approval of the city council and a majority of voters. Non-citizen residents would maintain the ri	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV) in Congressional Elections Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) is a method of voting that requires a “majority” of voters to support the winning candidate in a single election, no matter how many are running. It empowers voters by giving them the option of ranking all the candidates on a	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act Further Regulating Initiative and Referendum Petitions This bill is a reform to allow the initiative petition process to more accurately reflect the public appetite on an issue. The legislation will prevent signature collectors from being paid per signature collected. Financially compensating individuals on a	05-06 Electoral Reform
10.25.05	An Act Suspending the Use of the MCAS Test as a Graduation Requirement This bill suspends the use of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement until the Board of Education has addressed the test’s impact on special, vocational, and bilingual students, the length of the test, and developed additional assessment instruments.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Amend Chapter 71, Section 86 in the Massachusetts General Laws This bill amends the general law to prohibit schools from suspending or expelling students on the basis of incidents that occurred outside of school.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Increased Funding for Special Education in the Commonwealth An Act Relative to Increased Funding for Special Education in the Commonwealth increases the Commonwealth’s share of local special education costs to 60% over 5 years; that share is now estimated at less than 30%. This will help communities that are curre	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Study Commission This bill establishes a special commission to study the effects of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), including, but not limited to, the impact of MCAS on teaching and learning, the MCAS appeals process, the impact of the MCAS on st	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the English Immersion Law An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the English Immersion Law strikes the section of the law that call for the suing of teachers in dual language or English immersion classrooms that speak to students in their native language.	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Establishing a Gear-Up Fund for College Education An Act Establishing a Gear-Up Fund for College Education would establish a scholarship fund for students in the Commonwealth who participate in the federally funded Gear-Up programs. Gear-Up works with students in at risk communities starting during the m	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Relative to Alternative Education This bill establishes guidelines for school systems when working with a student who faces disciplinary action (i.e., suspension or expulsion). It also calls for state aid for students placed in alternative education programs to follow the student to follo	05-06 Education
10.25.05	An Act Preserving the Commonwealth's Investment in Public Housing and Enhancing Opportunities for Pr The purpose of this bill is to provide a clear path for housing authorities that want to rehabilitate and maintain the state's existing public housing stock, while at the same time, enhancing opportunities to create new low and moderate income housing usi	05-06 Housing
10.25.05	An Act Relative to the Nomination of a Retirement Beneficiary The legislation allows retired public employees to designate a person other than a spouse or immediate family member as the pension beneficiary upon the retiree's death.	05-06 Workforce
05.20.04	A Personal Political Fight for Marriage When it comes to supporting the rights of the GLBT community, state Rep. Alice Wolf has always walked the talk.	Alice In The News

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