Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Social Security Documents for the Blind

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One of the priorities of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is supporting disabled persons who want to work. The SSA publishes a refer...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

An Act By Any Other Name: General vs. Special Acts

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Patrons often contact the State Library wanting to know the difference between an act that is general in nature, and what is commonly called...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Minimum Wage Laws: Massachusetts in the Forefront in the United States

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The issue of the minimum wage is very much in the news today, with both sides on the question of whether it should be raised giving a strong...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Parliamentary Procedure: Manuals and Rules Congress, State Legislatures, Organizations

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Parliamentary  procedure, sometimes called parliamentary practice, is applied to a code of reference, a book or manual, that contains parlia...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Atlas of the Heavens

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Delphinus, Equuleus, and Antinous Constellations  During the nineteenth century, the State Library’s collection policy brought in pub...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Brown Bag on the Folly Cove Designers (1938-1969)

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Join us for a Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday October 22nd, 2013 State Library of Massachusetts Room 442, State House 12 until 1:30 PM Br...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Fall From Favor: Massachusetts U.S. Representative Charles Hudson’s Address to the Citizens of His District

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“ The sum of my offending, as you all know, consists in this: I preferred Gen. Taylor to Martin Van Buren. I exercised the right of every fr...