http://katherineclark.org Fri, 10 May 2013 13:12:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/states-must-invest-in-early-ed/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/states-must-invest-in-early-ed/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 13:12:09 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2661 By Senator Katherine Clark A report out last week showed states are failing to make one of the best investments in our economic health and competitiveness.  The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University found that state funding for early education decreased by over half a billion dollars last year, the largest one-year drop ever.  In addition, the NIEER reported that after a decade of growth, enrollment in state-funded early education programs has stalled relative to population, marking the first time there was no increase in the percentage of children served.  Average state funding per child fell to $3,841, which is more than $1,000 below the national average a decade ago.… [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/states-must-invest-in-early-ed/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/senator-clark-chairs-hearing-on-bill-to-protect-our-communities/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/senator-clark-chairs-hearing-on-bill-to-protect-our-communities/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:49:19 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2657 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2013 CONTACT: Jessica Leitz, 617-722-1206 BOSTON, MA—Today the Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing, chaired by Senator Katherine Clark (D-Melrose), to consider a series of important public safety bills.  The Committee took up legislation to strengthen our system of oversight of convicted sex offenders and ensure that citizens, local law enforcement and relevant state agencies have the information they need to protect our children and communities.  An Act to protect our communities, sponsored by Senator Clark (S.656) and Representative Paul Brodeur (H.1232), has the bipartisan co-sponsorship of 27 members of the legislature and the strong support of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.  Families, advocates and law enforcement officials testified in support of the bill, including Wakefield Chief of Police Rick Smith, whose own community was stunned when John Burbine, of Wakefield, was charged with 100 counts of child abuse and sexual assault involving very young children.  The deeply disturbing case highlighted the need to strengthen the Commonwealth’s laws and regulations to help prevent these horrific crimes in the future.  This legislation does so fairly and judiciously.… [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/05/senator-clark-chairs-hearing-on-bill-to-protect-our-communities/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/observances-and-benefits-marathon-bombing-victims/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/observances-and-benefits-marathon-bombing-victims/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:33:34 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2635 [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/observances-and-benefits-marathon-bombing-victims/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/105455/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/105455/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:54:55 +0000 Senator Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2631 [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/105455/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/084732/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/084732/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:47:32 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2620 [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/04/084732/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/095325/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/095325/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:53:25 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2616 … [more] Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex) met with Liliana Patino and Beth Chockley of Malden’s Healthy Families during their advocacy day at the State House Thursday. Healthy Families provides services the Malden High School Teen Parent Program.      ]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/095325/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/clark-and-brodeur-tobin-bridge-work-to-resume/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/clark-and-brodeur-tobin-bridge-work-to-resume/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:25:55 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2611 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2013
Contact:       Jessica Leitz,  617-722-1206 Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex) and Representative Paul Brodeur (32^nd Middlesex) have announced that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be resuming work on the Tobin Bridge. The three-year project, which began last spring, is a steel preservation and painting job to rehabilitate the structure that has been carrying traffic over the Mystic River since 1950.… [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/clark-and-brodeur-tobin-bridge-work-to-resume/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/172016/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/172016/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:20:16 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2606 … [more] Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex) joined Mayor Gary Christenson, City Council President Neal Anderson, Representative Chris Fallon, Malden Fire Commissioner Thomas Denehy, Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and the Malden Fire Department in congratulating Chief Colangeli and four other firefighters who received promotions on Wednesday in the City Council Chamber. The other firefighters receiving promotions are Assistant Chief Thomas Walsh, Deputy Chief Leonard Dunn, Captain Stephen Almeida and Lieutenant Richard Menard.]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/172016/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/time-for-some-common-sense-budgeting/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/time-for-some-common-sense-budgeting/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:46:55 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2603 By Senator Katherine Clark As Massachusetts begins its annual budget process, automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts (so-called sequestration) are starting to hit funding for programs our families depend on, including college financial aid, work-study jobs, Head Start, services for the poor, public health efforts, law enforcement, and programs for our seniors. The gridlock and fiscal uncertainty in Washington puts even more pressure on state and local governments to fund and provide vital services, and to do so efficiently and effectively with limited resources.  To do just that, we are moving forward with a common sense funding plan for the Commonwealth.… [more]]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/time-for-some-common-sense-budgeting/feed/ 0 http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/165533/ http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/165533/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:55:33 +0000 Team Clark http://katherineclark.org/?p=2599 … [more] Senator Katherine Clark (D-5th Middlesex) with City Councillor Steve Ultrino, Mayor Gary Christenson, and co-chairs of the 2013 Women Making a Difference Dinner Maria Luise, Erika Israelson and Debbie Cronin-Waelde. Senator Clark addressed the gathering to congratulate Joanne Lambert, Mary Moore, Debbie Amaral and Cathy MacMullin, the 2013 award recipients, and to thank the Zonta Club for their commitment to Malden.]]> http://katherineclark.org/2013/03/165533/feed/ 0