February 4, 2012

In The News

January 26, 2012 - Michael C. Bailey
Senator Murray Has High Hopes For 2012 (The Enterprise Newspapers)

Senator Murray Has High Hopes for 2012

According to Senate President Therese M. Murray (D - Plymouth), the great misconception about the Legislature’s work in 2011 is that everything was put on the back burner in favor of the casino debate.

“It was mostly the media that made it like this was the only thing that was in front of us,” she said. Sen.

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June 9, 2011 - My Fox Boston
Senate weighs overhaul of budget process

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate has given unanimous approval to an overhaul of the way state determines how taxpayers money is spent.

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April 27, 2011 - Patriot Ledger
Murray offers plan to monitor overhaul of state services
BOSTON —

As state government implements complex overhauls to Massachusetts’s transportation and economic development bureaucracies and lawmakers eye similar restructuring of the health care, criminal justice and pension systems, Senate President Therese Murray on Thursday outlined a plan to redouble the state’s effort to tra

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March 21, 2011 - Patriot Ledger
Feds asked to reexamine nuclear waste storage at Pilgrim

BOSTON — Senate President  Therese Murray has joined the debate over whether the Pilgrim power plant in her district is safely storing nuclear waste.

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April 7, 2011 - Olc Colony Memorial
Local Heroes honored

PLYMOUTH — The South Shore Community Action Council hosted its 17th annual Local Heroes Award Night March 30. Rockland Trust Co. and other local businesses sponsored the event.

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May 10, 2011 - Old Colony Memorial
Senate president files state finance reform bill

BOSTON — Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, filed legislation April 28 to reform the state’s outdated finance laws and require the use of performance-based analysis to measure outcomes across state government to produce better results and save taxpayers money.

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June 16, 2011 - Bourne Courier
Dilapidated state gas station at Bourne circle removed Thursday

BOURNE — A state contractor demolished the old gas station at the Bourne rotary Thursday afternoon and removed the debris from the site at the foot of MacArthur Boulevard northbound. State Police momentarily closed the Bourne Bridge to traffic to accommodate debris removal.

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June 16, 2011 - The Office of Senate President Therese Murray
Senate Passes Tornado Relief Bill

BOSTON – The Senate on Thursday acted quickly to pass emergency state funding for communities recovering from the deadly tornadoes that ripped through western Massachusetts earlier this month. Lawmakers approved $15 million to help offset the costs of emergency response, clean-up efforts and setting up temporary shelters for displaced residents.

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April 26, 2011 - Boston Herald
Senate President Therese Murray eyes state waste

Senate President Therese Murray, breaking ranks with Gov. Deval Patrick, is pledging to personally eradicate hack-packed, do-nothing state agencies and taxpayer-cash-blowing government programs by requiring all public entities to undergo regular performance reviews for the first time.

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May 27, 2011 - Old Colony Memorial
Memorial Day statement from Senate President Therese Murray

PLYMOUTH — Senate President Therese Murray made the following statement in observation of Memorial Day.

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May 26, 2011 - Plymouth Daily News
Senate President Therese Murray receives honorary degree from Suffolk University

The Honorable Therese Murray, president of the Senate of the Commonwealth received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Suffolk University Law School during commencement ceremonies on May 22, 2011. More than 2,400 students received undergraduate and advanced degrees from Suffolk University’s Law, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School on May 21 and 22, 2011.

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June 10, 2011 - Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Senate Moves to Boost Efficiency of Massachusetts State Government

The Massachusetts Senate took an important step to improve the efficiency of state government Thursday by approving a bill that would overhaul the commonwealth’s finance laws and establish a performance-management system for state agencies.

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April 8, 2011 - Boston Globe
Senate leader vows to act on health payments plan

Senate President Therese Murray vowed yesterday to take swift action on Governor Deval Patrick’s ambitious proposal to overhaul the state’s health care payment system, breaking with House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, who wants to delay action until later this year or next year.

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May 24, 2011 - Boston Globe
On Missing Children’s Day, action vowed on trafficking

State Senate President Therese Murray promised advocates for missing children yesterday that lawmakers will pass legislation targeting human trafficking.

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May 3, 2011 - Boston Globe
Mass. Senate leader calls for 'performance' budget

BOSTON—Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray called Tuesday for dramatic changes in the way the state determines how taxpayer money gets spent, saying it operates under "clumsy and outdated" government finance laws.

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May 24, 2011 - Boston Globe
Senate president meets with state union leaders

State union leaders met with Senate President Therese Murray this afternoon as they prepare for a crucial debate over a measure that strips some bargaining rights for firefighters, teachers, and other local government workers.

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April 11, 2011 - Patriot Ledger
State Sens. Murray, Hedlund going to Finland

Two South Shore lawmakers will be traveling to Finland late next week for a five-day trade mission to explore partnership opportunities with the growing biotech sector there.

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Senate President Murray pushes for more businesslike government

BOSTON — Testifying on behalf of her own proposal that would reform the state’s “outdated” finance laws and overhaul the legislative budget process, Senate President Therese Murray on Tuesday said the time has come for government to behave more like a private sector company.

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March 28, 2011 - Boston Globe
Mass. lawmakers to hold hearing on nuke plant safety

The Massachusetts Legislature, prompted by the disaster at the crippled reactorsin Japan, will hold oversight hearings to investigate the safety of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth and Seabrook Nuclear Power Station in Seabrook, N.H., Senate President Therese Murray said today.

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May 25, 2011 - Boston Globe
Senate chief calls plan to bar aid for illegal immigrants unnecessary

Senate President Therese Murray said today that she will oppose an attempt by Senate Republicans to pass a controversial measure this week that would bar illegal immigrants from receiving state and federal benefits in Massachusetts.

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