Bruce Tarr In the News
BOSTON – Led by House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R- North Reading) and Senate
Minority Leader Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester), the Republican Legislative Caucus has proposed
an innovative jobs package aimed at cultivating economic growth in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
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BOSTON –The New England Association of Chiefs of Police (NEACOP) has unanimously endorsed
the EZ-ID bill filed by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester...
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BOSTON – During yesterday’s full formal Senate session, the Massachusetts State Senate
passed an unemployment insurance tax rate freeze for the upcoming year, an initiative first
proposed by the Republican Legislative Caucus.
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BOSTON – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) today renewed his call for the passage of
legislation regulating the use of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards.
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Once again, North Shore 104.9 and State Senator Bruce Tarr will hit the road collecting toys for children on the North Shore and broadcasting live all day. This year’s Holiday Toy Drive will take place on Thursday, December 15th from 6:00am to 6:00pm from ten locations on the North Shore. The live broadcast will feature local entertainment, school choirs and bands, great food, interviews with local officials and even Santa Claus will be on the road helping the cause.
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Boston- Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) today joined with Senator Katherine
Clark (D-Melrose) and several co-sponsors to amend the gaming bill (S.2015) now being
debated by the senate to direct new gaming revenues toward addressing inequities in local
educational funding, and ensuring that all school districts receive a minimum of 17.5% of the
amount the state requires them to spend from the state.
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BOSTON – Responding to the proposed closure and relocation of Gloucester District
Court, Senator Bruce Tarr has secured the Senate’s backing for keeping the local court open
pending a review by the new civilian court administrator.
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BOSTON – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) and State Representative James E. Vallee
(D-Franklin) announced today they will be filing legislation requiring the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) to provide special active duty license plates to Massachusetts residents currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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NORTH ANDOVER - Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) was recently
recognized by Protect Mass Children for his years of advocacy in support of passing stronger
state laws to protect children from sexual predators.
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BOSTON - With the recent arrest of habitual traffic offender and road menace Paul Baran,
Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), House Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading)
and members of both the Senate and House GOP caucuses are taking legislative action to keep habitual
offenders off the road. They have filed legislation that would provide the registrar of motor vehicles
with the tools to adequately punish convicted habitual traffic offenders with longer suspensions that
could result in a lifetime license revocation for the worst violators.
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BOSTON – With Beacon Hill leaders working to come to an agreement on an expanded
gaming bill for release in the fall, the Massachusetts Senate Republican Caucus is trying to
ensure that the process will include ample time for legislators and the public to consider the
content of any bill that becomes the subject of debate.
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The Massachusetts Senate has approved a Republican-backed initiative
requiring the state to move toward a zero-based budgeting process beginning in Fiscal Year
2017.
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Senate Republicans have filed a series of amendments designed to give the
state’s taxpayers a better sense of how their tax dollars are being spent by promoting cost-saving
measures and requiring more transparency and accountability in the handling of the state’s
finances.
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Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) has been appointed to serve on a
six-member conference committee charged with drafting the final version of a comprehensive
reform bill targeted at improving efficiency in the state’s trial courts and eliminating abuses and
improprieties in the Probation Department.
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The Senate adopted a series of probation reforms offered by the Senate
Republican Caucus today, incorporating the GOP proposals into a comprehensive probation
reform and court reorganization bill that passed unanimously.
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The Senate Republican Caucus has filed a series of amendments designed to
improve the management of the state’s trial court and to provide more transparency and
accountability within the probation department.
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The Merrimack River Beach Alliance (MRBA) has unanimously
adopted a resolution outlining a plan of action for the reconstruction of two jetties that are
adversely impacting the coastal dunes of the communities of Salisbury, Newburyport and
Newbury.
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The Massachusetts Senate has approved a Republican Caucus proposal to
provide cities and towns with preliminary Fiscal Year 2012 local aid figures no later than April
14.
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Senate Republicans are offering a series of Medicaid reforms designed to
crack down on rampant waste and abuse in the state’s Health Safety Net program uncovered by
the Inspector General.
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Responding favorably to a request by the Massachusetts Senate Republican
Caucus, the Joint Committee on Transportation has agreed to hold two oversight hearings to
investigate recent service interruptions and delays that have plagued the MBTA’s commuter rail
system.
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Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) has announced the
following Republican committee assignments for the 2011-2012 legislative session:
Senate Assistant Minority Leader Robert L. Hedlund (R-Weymouth) has been named to the Senate Committee on Post Audit & Oversight and the Senate Committee on Global
Warming & Climate Change. Hedlund will also serve as a member of the Joint Committees on
Children, Families & Persons with Disabilities; Community Development & Small Business; Elder Affairs; Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture; Housing; Labor & Workforce Development; Public Health; and Transportation.
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Seeking to infuse the redistricting process with objectivity and avoid the
legal challenges that have tarnished the process in the past, the Senate Republican Caucus is
calling for the establishment of an independent redistricting commission to assist lawmakers in
the drawing of new legislative boundaries for members of Congress, the Legislature and the
Governor’s Council.
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