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Funding to support public safety, public health, mental health/substance addiction treatment, senior and youth programs, small businesses, and open space    BOSTON – Senator Nick Collins and Representative David Biele joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts State Legislature in passing the state budget for the fiscal year 2022.   Funded at $47.6 billion, this year’s budget supports the Commonwealth’s communities, schools, [...]

BOSTON – Last week, State Senator Nick Collins voted for a transportation infrastructure bill that will invest $350 million in municipal transportation and selected statewide transportation infrastructure projects.  The bill, An Act Financing Improvements to Municipal Roads and Bridges, authorizes $200 million for municipal roads and bridges through the chapter 90 program. It also provides $150 million to support statewide [...]

BOSTON – Recently, State Senator Nick Collins joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Legislature in voting in support of a $48.07 billion budget for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). This budget was a compromise between the Massachusetts House of Representatives’ and the Massachusetts State Senate’s respective budgets.  This budget maintains fiscal responsibility, does not cut services, and makes [...]

BOSTON – Essential workers who were required to work in-person during the COVID-19 pandemic will get special benefits, including a three-year retirement credit, under a proposal by State Senator Nick Collins that will be heard this month by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Service. Senator Collins is the lead sponsor of S.1669, An Act Relative to providing a [...]

BOSTON – Recently, State Senator Nick Collins joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate in unanimously passing a $47.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22).  During the debate, Senator Collins championed an amendment to fund $25,000 to the South Boston Street Festival.  For more than 20 years, the South Boston Street Festival has been working to bridge new [...]

Bill Honors Victims of 2014 Back Bay Fire BOSTON – Recently, State Senator Nick Collins testified on S. 1554, An Act implementing the Recommendations of the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report, before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee hearing. Sen. Collins filed the legislation after chairing the Commission that developed the recommendation through [...]

BOSTON – Recently, State Senator Nick Collins joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate in unanimously passing a $47.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). During the debate, Senator Collins championed amendments to directly benefit the First Suffolk District and was able to secure significant funding for the Castle Island and Marine Park [...]

BOSTON – Recently, Senator Nick Collins and Representative David Biele worked to secure additional public safety funding for Boston in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) State Budget. In late April, through an amendment sponsored by Rep. Biele, the House added $50,000 for directed patrols in South Boston including Day Boulevard, Carson beach, M Street beach, [...]