Description: Coalition files seven versions of a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights. People enter, exit McCormack state office building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1989
Description: Review of anti-abortion and pro-choice bills filed in state, and respective stances of Mass. politicians. Supreme Court justices seated. Bellotti plays racquetball.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1989
Description: Gov. Dukakis signs bill causing judges to account publicly for sentencing decisions, i.e. why a violent criminal might not be sent to jail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989
Description: House passes amended gay rights bill. Lobbyist Arline Isaacson is exultant. Reps. Mark Roosevelt, Thomas McGee, John MacGovern, Francis Woodward, William Flynn.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/23/1989
Description: Two lobbyists for preservation of Cape exhort legislators to support Cape Cod Commission bill limiting development. Sens. Michael Barrett, Henri Rauschenbach.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/19/1989
Description: Dukakis proposes bill to regulate hostile takeovers of corporations so that employees will not suffer. Packaging, assembling, soldering at Polaroid. Grady Hedgespeth. Dunkin' Donuts, Stop & Shop exteriors.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1989
Description: Public Service Committee hears pro and con on ethics bill and proposed outside income cap. James Shannon, Jonathan Healy, Edward Teague, Daniel Bosley, William Golden. Pedestrians with umbrellas downtown.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1989
Description: William Galvin sponsors bill to create football betting as part of state lottery. Lottery logo & communications & computer center at headquarters. Happy Megabucks winners. Clip of Patriots game.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/25/1989
Description: New political strategies for gay rights bill make its passage more likely. Advocates lobby for rules reform. Mark Roosevelt.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/29/1989
Description: House debates gay rights bill again and narrowly approves it. Lobbyists Arline Isaacson, Reps. Mark Roosevelt, Marie Parente.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/27/1989