News Archive
Mar 20 2018
Amid barriers, Winchester women step into the political arena
Winchester Star
By Mariya Manzhos
Posted Mar 20, 2018 at 1:32 PMUpdated Mar 22, 2018 at 1:39 PM
State Sen. Patricia Jehlen remembers when there was no women’s bathroom in the House Lobby in the State House, and...
Mar 20 2018
At 'Intersections' From Roxbury To Andover, Students Stand Together For Gun Control
WBUR - Edify
Max Larkin
Boston-area student-activists lobbying for gun control this month acknowledge an inconvenient feature of the national debate they’re getting into: There isn’t just one “gun problem” facing young people in America.
In the...
Mar 5 2018
As Costs Climb At Public Colleges, State Leaders Weigh Fixes — But Students Demand More
WBUR - Edify
Max Larkin
Students from the University of Massachusetts school system and other state colleges descended on Beacon Hill Monday to ask lawmakers to do more — maybe a lot more — to curb the rising costs of public higher education in Massachusetts...
Mar 5 2018
Boardroom Gap: Financial & cultural pressures creating more gender diversity
Worcester Business Journal
Boardroom Gap: Financial & cultural pressures creating more gender diversity
ILLUSTRATION/LAURA MAROTTA
BY GRANT WELKER
In 2011, when Susan West Engelkemeyer became the second female president in the 203-year history of Nichols College, every administrator who...
Mar 3 2018
Panel to discuss women’s role in civic engagement
Winchester Star
On Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m., the Jenks Center Cummings Room will be the scene of a lively exchange among a panel of distinguished women, including Patricia Jehlen, MA State Senator from Winchester, Judie Muggia, former Board of Selectmen member and Soumya Ganapathy,...
Feb 21 2018
Newsletter: What's Joint Rule 10 and why does it matter?
Senator Pat Jehlen
Dear Neighbors,
"Joint Rule 10 Day"
Rule 10 in the Joint Rules of the Mass. House and Senate sets a deadline for committee reports in the second year of each 2-year session. All committees were required to report on all the bills before them by February 7....
Feb 17 2018
Morning Meeting: State Senator Pat Jehlen talks about challenges in rolling out legalized marijuana in the Bay State
Boston Herald
Feb 8 2018
School-police reform measure at critical moment on Beacon Hill
WCVB
BOSTON —
Amid growing concern about schools turning to police to deal with students' behavior challenges, a coalition of lawmakers and advocates are pushing to include reforms in the criminal justice reform bill winding its way through the legislative process on...
Jan 30 2018
Medford High holds first ‘Credit for Life’ fair
Medford Transcript
On Jan. 26, thanks to a grant from State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, more than 400 Medford High School and Medford Vocational Technical High School juniors and seniors participated in the first Credit for Life Financial Literacy Fair. The fair provided students with a real...
Jan 20 2018
Medical Marijuana Clinic Opens in Sullivan Square, Sees Large Amount of Customers
Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
By Seth Daniel
The first medical marijuana dispensary in the Lower Mystic region has opened its doors in Sullivan Square on Broadway, Somerville, and operators of the clinic, Revolutionary Clinics, said last week they are seeing many new patients and believe they are...
Jan 10 2018
State senator wants wastewater warnings
Boston Herald
Joe Dwinell, Meghan Ottolini
Credit: Angela Rowlings
When raw sewage flows into Bay State rivers, state Sen. Patricia D. Jehlen thinks it would be a good idea to alert residents who live nearby.
Schoolchildren who row in the rivers, people who canoe and...
Jan 9 2018
Medical marijuana facility sees April start, Cambridge’s third despite a new paranoia
Cambridge Day
By Marc Levy
The Trump administration’s encouragement of a revived marijuana drug war is not slowing the growth of local dispensaries, and Cambridge is due to get its third with the projected April opening of Revolutionary Clinics near Fresh Pond, in the...
Dec 7 2017
LETTER: Sen. Jehlen’s support for We the People Act deserves praise
Cambridge Chronicle & Tab
To the editor:
The members of the Greater Boston Chapter of We the People Massachusetts wish to express our appreciation to Sen. Patricia Jehlen, D-Second Middlesex, for her support of the We the People Act (H.1926/ S.379) now before the Massachusetts Legislature....
Dec 6 2017
Newsletter: Come on in? The water's ????????
Senator Pat Jehlen
Dear Neighbors,
Imagine someone dumping 25 gallons of raw sewage into your swimming pool. Would you be eager to jump in?
That's the ratio of sewage to river water in the Merrimack River after the October discharge of between 8 and 31 million gallons of...
Dec 3 2017
We the People Act, fighting Citizens United, grateful to Jehlen, DiDomenico and Decker
Cambridge Day
From Daniel Penrice and Elizabeth Rassweiler, from Dec. 3 and 7, 2017: The members of the Greater Boston Chapter of We the People Massachusetts wish to express appreciation to state Sens. Pat Jehlen and Sal DiDomenico and state Rep. Marjorie Decker for their...
Nov 28 2017
Bill would require wider warning when sewage is spilled
Eagle-Tribune
BOSTON —The state House and Senate on Wednesday will hold a hearing on a bill that would require sewage treatment plants to issue broad public warnings when they dump untreated sewage into waterways during heavy rains and other emergencies, including by emailing...
Nov 22 2017
Green Line Extension, extended: Residents hear from MBTA about potential added stop to GLX
Medford Transcript
Residents of Medford and surrounding communities met and discussed the possible impacts, both positive and negative, of a proposed addition to the Green Line Extension at Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway.
More than 50 people from Medford and surrounding communities attended a...
Nov 17 2017
Newsletter: Great Green Line News
Senator Pat Jehlen
Dear Neighbors,
Exciting news from the GLX Project Team and the MBTA today! The remaining 2 bids for the GLX construction were opened today.
Each bid came in below budget and included all six additive options to the program. This means that Station Canopies,...
Nov 17 2017
State Delegation Reacts to GLX Project Moving Forward
PRESS RELEASE: From the Office of Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
State Delegation Reacts to GLX Project Moving Forward
BOSTON – Today the MBTA Green Line Extension project team opened the remaining two bids for the Green Line Extension construction and named a Joint...
Nov 17 2017
Jehlen Votes to Move Free Birth Control, Healthcare, and Bilingual Ed Bills Forward
PRESS RELEASE: From the Office of Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
Jehlen Votes to Move Free Birth Control, Healthcare, and Bilingual Ed Bills Forward
BOSTON – Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) joined her Senate colleagues in successfully passing several pieces of...
Nov 6 2017
Newsletter: Criminal Justice Reform Part 2: Solutions
Senator Pat Jehlen
Dear Neighbors,
Earlier today you received a newsletter describing problems in the criminal justice system. This newsletter describes some of the provisions of the Senate bill adopted Oct. 26. The House takes up its version of criminal justice reform on...
Nov 6 2017
Newsletter: Criminal Justice Bill Part 1: Problems
Senator Pat Jehlen
Dear Neighbors,
On October 26, after 13 hours of debate and consideration of 162 amendments, the Senate passed a comprehensive criminal justice bill, which the Globe called "a model" for the country.
The bill's passage was due to months of...
Nov 3 2017
Senate Passes Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Bill
PRESS RELEASE: From the Office of Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
Senate Passes Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Bill
BOSTON – Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) recently joined her Senate colleagues in voting for a comprehensive criminal justice reform package that...
Nov 3 2017
Bipartisan Legislators Push for Gas Industry Reforms
PRESS RELEASE: From the Office of Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
Bipartisan Legislators Push for Gas Industry Reforms
Over 3/5 of Legislature Sign Letter Calling for Ban on “Pipeline Tax,”
Regulatory Shift at Department of Public Utilities
BOSTON...