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Like most North American Green parties, the basis of the Green-Rainbow Party's platform stems from the 10 key values.The 10 key values are: grassroots democracy, ecological wisdom, social justice and equal opportunity, nonviolence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminism, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, and future focus and sustainability.
The Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) is a pension fund for public school employees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Eligible members include all full-time public school employees, part-time hourly public school employees who render at least 500 hours of service in the school year, and part-time per diem public school employees who render at least 80 days of service in ...
The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for the custody of about 8,292 prisoners (as of January 2020) [2] throughout 16 correctional facilities [3] and is the 5th largest state agency in the state of Massachusetts, [4] employing over 4,800 people (about 3,200 of whom are sworn correctional officers [5]). The Massachusetts ...
Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.
Silvio Ottavio Conte (November 9, 1921 – February 8, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for 16 terms, representing the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts from January 3, 1959, until his death in Bethesda, Maryland in 1991.
The Commonwealth's largest earthquake in at least a century, at a magnitude of 5.8, struck central Virginia on August 23, 2011, near Mineral. [106] Due to the area's geologic properties, this earthquake was felt from Northern Florida to Southern Ontario. [107] 35 million years ago, a bolide impacted what is now eastern Virginia.
In 2014, funding was reallocated to the FY 2015 state budget (for a trial period) and weekend service resumed on the (formerly) suspended lines on December 27, 2014. [11] Prior to the return of weekend service on the Kingston/Plymouth Line, the MBTA held special weekend service to Plymouth for 2 weekends leading up to the 2014 Thanksgiving holiday.
Henry Martyn Tremlett (1833 – March 31, 1865) was a Boston merchant prior to serving four years' active duty during the American Civil War.Tremlett began as a captain in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1861 to 1862, then as a major in 1862, and eventually a lieutenant-colonel in 1864 commanding the 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.