THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 Page 21 --- Census Bureau Director Robert Santos on its nationwide corrected census data which includes adjusting the total number of people living in the Bay State from 7,029,917 to 6,784,000 — a reduction of 245,917. “When you include additional time for construction and the start of construction and the rate of infl ation that we have to project, as we are seeing infl ation on a lot of our work and a lot of our bids and in the overall economy, there is going to be a signifi cant increase in what we collectively thought the cost estimates would be for this project.” --- Transportation Secretary Jamey Tesler predicting that the estimated cost to demolish and replace the Bourne and Sagamore bridges has risen from the 2019 estimate of up to $1.65 billion to a new estimate of up to $4 billion. HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been fi led. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of May 1629, the House met for a total of eleven hours and 17 minutes and the Senate met for a total of one hour and 25 minutes Mon. May 16 House 11:03 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. Senate 11:07 a.m. to 11:24 a.m. Tues. May 17 House 11:00 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. No Senate session Wed. May 18 House 11:04 a.m. to 4:42 p.m. No Senate session Thurs. May 19 House 1:45 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Senate 11:06 a.m. to 12:14 p.m. Fri. May 20 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Bob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019. APARTMENT FOR RENT EVERETT FOR RENT OFFICE or RETAIL SPACE 750 sq. ft. 617-389-6600 PARKWAY LOCATION Sunday, May 29 from 9— THIS WEEK ON SAUGUS TV Wednesday, June 1 at 8:30 1 p.m. on Channel 8 — “Sunday Night Stooges” (The Three Stooges). Monday, May 30 all day on Channel 8 — “Movie Monday” (classic movies). Tuesday, May 31 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 — School Committee Meeting from May 25. p.m. on Channel 9 — Special Town Meeting from May 23. Thursday, June 2 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 — Board of Selectmen Meeting from May 24. Friday, June 3 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 22 — SHS Varsity Baseball vs. Everett from May 27. Saturday, June 4 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 22 — SHS Varsity Softball vs. Melrose from May 24. Saugus TV can be seen on Comcast Channels 8, 9 & 22. For complete schedules, please visit www.saugustv.org. ***programming may be subject to change without notice***
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