Massachusetts

For more info on the alleged sexual harassment, this article goes in-depth: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/12/06/somerville-library-staffers-leave-over-co-worker-calling-city-union-complacent-over-abuse-claims/

The city's own HR investigation "found sufficient evidence of violation/s under the City’s Equal Opportunity Policy" but a year later still employs the man despite "a '5-inch thick' binder compiled over years of complaints against Sanchez from co-workers and library patrons."

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/19161

The circulating bird flu has been confirmed in the Bay State, as agricultural officials report that backyard chickens tested positive for the disease and were killed.

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In light of ICE murdering a protester in Minneapolis.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52341765

Lawmakers are weighing a bill that would allow 10 more cities and towns to prohibit the use of fossil fuels in new construction through an existing pilot program.

The Dorchester parkway, one of Boston’s starkest examples of climate impacts, is inundated multiple times a year.

Rates vary by utility but generally offer lower distribution charges in colder months, encouraging broader heat pump adoption.

Each utility’s program is unique—contact your utility directly for details and enrollment links.

Eversource has more info and an online form to upload a photo of your heat pump's sticker.

MassSave may have automatically enrolled you but does not seem to have done so for many.

Archived copy of the article

Join the ACLU of Massachusetts, Indivisible Mass Coalition, Mass 50501, and partners from across the pro-democracy and pro-worker movement as we rise together. This is not a typical rally: learn how to get involved locally at our action tables, participate in creative resistance and enjoy entertainment on our main stage.

OUR CALLS TO ACTION: 1. Protect our immigrant neighbors who are being profiled, threatened, and kidnapped. Join a community ICE watch group so agents know we are watching them, volunteer to assist with vital mutual aid, bond and legal needs, and stand out in solidarity at ICE offices. More information from organizations, including LUCE, MIRA, BIJAN, and Bearing Witness @ ICE in Burlington.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36359014

In Massachusetts the fees for a marriage license are set by each town. It costs $50 to get married in Boston but only $15 in Wenham. Are there any cheaper cities or towns in the Commonwealth?