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Friedman reviews ’23, touts drug-cost effort

December 20, 2023

State Sen. Cindy Friedman (D-Arlington) reviews 2023, sharing an end-of-year update, which she describes as “full of exciting new information and a fun recap of…

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Friedman: Legislative update via video

July 30, 2021

by Bob Sprague

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Friedman: Economic development, transportation

January 12, 2021

by Bob Sprague

The office of state Sen. Cindy Friedman of Arlington provided this update Tuesday, Jan. 12: End-of-Session Transportation and Economic Development Bills p { margin:…

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Details of Senate-passed $800M fiscal ’19 closeout supplemental budget

October 28, 2019

by Bob Sprague

On Oct. 24, Sen. Cindy Friedman (D-Arlington) joined her Senate colleagues in passing a $779.8 million closeout supplemental budget for fiscal 2019 after adding…

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The case favoring safe-injection sites

August 21, 2019

by Bob Sprague

The following op-ed column by state Sen. Cindy F. Friedman and state Rep. Jeffrey N. Roy was published in The Boston Globe under the…

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Friedman: What I’m doing about T troubles

July 1, 2019

by Bob Sprague

The office of state Sen. Cindy Friedman of Arlington provided this update Monday, July 1, 2019, the day MBTA fare increases took effect: I…

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Lunch with Cindy: Satisfactions, frustrations

May 6, 2019

by Bob Sprague

UPDATED, May 6: YourArlington freelance writer Susan Gilbert, the high bidder at Brackett School’s recent online auction, won a private State House tour and…

Flanking Friedman are Jared Chrislip and Jenny Hutchins Whitcomb, the daughter of the man for whom the award was named. / Photo by Darlyne Murawski

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Friedman gets award, tells what family values mean to her

October 30, 2018

by Bob Sprague

State Sen. Cindy Friedman of Arlington received the Hutchins Family Values Award from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Billerica on Thursday,…

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Friedman, local leaders demand gun reform in Lexington

February 20, 2018

by Bob Sprague

State Sen. Cindy Friedman joined U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and more than 100 citizens in rallying…

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Friedman: My first 100 days in office

December 12, 2017

by Bob Sprague

The following column by state Sen. Cindy Friedman was distributed Friday, Dec. 8: Today marks my 100th day in office! During the campaign, I said…

Friedman reviews ’23, touts drug-cost effort

Friedman: Legislative update via video

Friedman: Economic development, transportation

Details of Senate-passed $800M fiscal ’19 closeout supplemental budget

The case favoring safe-injection sites

Friedman: What I’m doing about T troubles

Lunch with Cindy: Satisfactions, frustrations

Friedman gets award, tells what family values mean to her

Friedman, local leaders demand gun reform in Lexington

Friedman: My first 100 days in office

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