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Under Massachusetts law, it is illegal to solicit, receive, or spend funds to support or oppose a ballot initiative without first forming a political committee. CSMP alleges that the district attorneys solicited, received, and spent donations before they were legally allowed to, attempting to conceal their campaign activity for as long as they ...
In 2016, eleven other states had enacted laws against some of these forms of confinement, and California had a law prohibiting the sale of any eggs from chickens kept in small cages. [4] [5] The measure was supported by the Humane Society of the United States and its allies, and opposed by regional and national animal agriculture groups.
In August 2020, the California court ordered Uber and Lyft to comply with the law within a 10-day deadline. [13] [14]: 1 The companies said they would shut down their operation in California if drivers had to become employees. [2] [15] [16] On August 20, the deadline day, the companies asked for an extension. The court granted an extension ...
The State Income Tax Repeal, also known as Massachusetts Question 1, was one of the 2008 ballot measures that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1] Voters were asked whether or not they approved of the proposed measure which, if it had passed, would have ended the 5.3% income tax in Massachusetts on ...
State law required that Governor Deval Patrick call a special election between 145 and 160 days after the vacancy became official. [2] On December 10, Clark easily defeated Addivinola with almost 2/3 of the vote, holding the seat for the Democrats. [3] Clark's win marked the 92nd consecutive U.S. House loss by Republicans in Massachusetts since ...
The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has run TV ads and a media campaign discussing the need for a change of the law. [10] On August 6, 2019, the Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition filed paperwork with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office to have a question placed on the 2020 ballot to include telematics. [11]
The Massachusetts Legalization, Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Initiative also known as Question 4, was an indirect initiated state statute question to legalize, regulate and tax recreational marijuana that appeared on the November 8, 2016 Massachusetts general election ballot.
Prior to World War II, most public schools in the country were de jure or de facto segregated. All Southern states had Jim Crow Laws mandating racial segregation of schools. . Northern states and some border states were primarily white (in 1940, the populations of Detroit and Chicago were more than 90% white) and existing black populations were concentrated in urban ghettos partly as the ...