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Representative Jones supports blue envelope bill

House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) recently supported legislation designed to create a safe environment whenever a police officer conducts a traffic stop involving an individual with autism by codifying the blue envelope program into statute.

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Op-Ed: Tech is not always the answer

Something remarkable happened in 2025: about 18 states banned students’ access to smartphones and other personal electronic devices from the first to the last bell of the school day

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Reading to receive $898K in road and bridge assistance

Reading is scheduled to receive $898,350.30 in state funding assistance for local road and bridge maintenance as part of a multi-billion dollar transportation infrastructure bond bill recently approved by the House of Representatives with the support of House Minority Leader Jones and State Representative Haggerty.

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