Christine Lytwynec, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

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State Senate OKs bill to help victims of data breaches

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteApril 29, 2018

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday voted 38-0 to approve a bill adding protections for consumers from data breaches at credit reporting agencies. The legislation was introduced in the wake of the high-profile Equifax breach revealed last…

State Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, speaks at a press conference before Wednesday's Senate vote on the Student Loan Bill of Rights. He was joined on Beacon Hill by fellow legislators and representatives from the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts.

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State Senate passes student loan bill of rights

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteApril 11, 2018

The Massachusetts State House in Boston

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Beacon Hill panel sees need to do more to deal with mental health, drug addiction

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteApril 8, 2018

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ISPs push back on net neutrality proposals on Beacon Hill

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteApril 3, 2018

Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, of the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District, which includes the towns of Belchertown and Granby, is interviewed by Carrie Saldo of WGBY in Springfield for the weekly “The State We’re In” segment of the nightly program “Connecting Point” on March 9. Lesser, along with state Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose, I-Amherst, and many others, is backing a revision to the commonwealth’s civics education curriculum.

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Legislators aim to engage youth through civics education

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteMarch 22, 2018

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Lawyers’ groups ask for $5M more for civil legal aid programs

by Christine Lytwynec Boston University Statehouse ProgramMarch 15, 2018

In this Aug. 16, 2011, photograph, transmission lines are shown north of Hanover, Ontario, Canada. The 1.6 billion Northern Pass project was set to bring hydropower from Canada by creating a transmission line through New Hampshire for customers in southern New England, but the project was rejected by New Hampshire regulators.

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Winter cold snap a case study for energy grid limitations

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteMarch 5, 2018

Ailish Doherty, a member of the Get Real Teen Council, speaks at a youth lobbying event at the Massachusetts Statehouse, Feb. 22, 2018. Doherty talked about what she learned, and didn’t learn, from her school’s sex-education curriculum.

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Youths ask Massachusetts legislators to listen

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteFebruary 24, 2018

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, demonstrators rally in support of net neutrality outside a Verizon store in New York. The Federal Communications Commission is voting Thursday, Dec. 14 to undo Obama-era “net neutrality” rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The industry promises that the internet experience isn’t going to change, but the issue has struck a nerve. Protests have erupted online and in the streets as everyday Americans worry that companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T will be able to control what they see and do online.

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Net neutrality repeal increases uncertainty in ‘last-mile’ efforts

by Christine Lytwynec For the GazetteFebruary 23, 2018

In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, file photo, an autonomous vehicle, operated by nuTonomy, is driven during its test drive in Singapore. Transportation planners in Massachusetts are preparing for the day that autonomous cars are on Bay State roads.

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Autonomous vehicles may be on Mass. roads soon

by Christine Lytwynec Boston University Statehouse ProgramFebruary 15, 2018