BOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) spoke in favor of funding for a roof replacement at Spring Street Elementary School in West Bridgewater before the Massachusetts School Building Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday, January 27. The MSBA Board ultimately approved $673,667 towards the project, which will cost approximately…
Read MoreBOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) joined Selectman TJ Recupero, Superintendent Maggie Rizzi, Town Manager Michael Hartman, and Stoughton High School Principal Juliette Miller to advocate in favor of the new Stoughton High School project before the Massachusetts School Building Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday, January 27. The…
Read MoreBOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) announced today that the fourth phase of the Blue Hills Parkway improvement project that he has championed is set to move forward with a construction contractor to be announced shortly. This $3 million phase will help connect the Neponset bike path to the…
Read MoreBOSTON –Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) announced that, by a unanimous vote, the State Senate passed legislation today to strengthen the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act to further close the wage gap between male and female workers in the Commonwealth. The bill seeks to bridge the wage gap by ensuring equal…
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) today closed its investigation on State Senator Brian Joyce’s campaign committee finances without finding any wrongdoing in the use or reporting of campaign funds by Senator Joyce. At all times, the Joyce Committee “made best efforts to comply with…
Read More“One year ago, newspaper articles questioned the ethics of my purchase of sunglasses as holiday gifts for my senate colleagues. These stories, in turn, generated more than 50 additional print stories and over 500 social media shares and comments. After an investigation, the state ethics commission found that I had…
Read More“I am disappointed in the false accusations in the story. Over the course of many years, I provided uncompensated legal services to a small businessman and property owner who claimed an inability to pay for those services. Those legal services far exceeded any dry cleaning offered. It was a barter…
Read MoreBOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce has announced the launch of the Winter Recovery Assistance Program (WRAP), a $30 million program to assist cities and towns with repairs to municipal roads and bridges. “After spending significantly more than expected on plowing throughout the unprecedented snow and cold experienced this winter,…
Read MoreBOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce has announced that the 74th Citizens’ Legislative Seminar (CLS) will be held this spring on Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the State House. “This program gives residents of the Commonwealth a great opportunity to participate…
Read MoreBOSTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce has filed a bill for the 189th legislative session that would require employers who receive at least $100,000 worth of state assistance to pay their employees a living wage. The language is similar to an amendment Joyce proposed to the minimum wage hike last…
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