FOR 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…
Read MoreBOSTON – A bill that will allow Massachusetts parental leave laws to be applicable to both men and women has finally become law after being passed on the last day of the legislative session. The issue is one that cosponsor Senator Brian A. Joyce has championed for years, believing the…
Read MoreMILTON – Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton has been awarded a $250,000 Healthcare Workforce Transformation Grant. The grant will assist the hospital in training employees to comply with new cost containment mechanisms passed by the Legislature as part of the ambitious Health Care Cost Containment Act of 2012. “BIDH-Milton…
Read MoreSTOUGHTON – Senator Brian A. Joyce is encouraging residents to stop by the Four Points - Norwood, 1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike in Norwood on Wednesday, Nov. 12 from noon to 7 p.m. for a hiring fair that Amazon is holding for their new sorting warehouse in Stoughton. Amazon will be making…
Read MoreBOSTON – A “green bonds” program launched by the Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman and supported in the Environmental Bond Bill in a section authored by Senator Brian A. Joyce has seen over $1 billion of interest from investors as the initial $350 million in bonds were made available last week.…
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