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		<title>LEGAL MEMORANDUM FOR INITIATIVE PETITION RELATIVE TO SAFER TECHNOLOGY  26-01</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Note: The outline format has not properly converted or translated onto this website, and so the outline numbering or lettering is incorrect. Please just do your best, or access the PDF here. LEGAL MEMORANDUM]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to Safer Technology per Non-Ionizing Radiation (26-01)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Be it enacted by the People, and by their authority: SECTION 1. The following legislative summary may be removed upon passage of the law. [Note: The following is a revised summary of the original, and was submitted to the attorney general&#8217;s office for placement on the printed petition.] (a) Agency Structure and Independence. This proposed ... <a title="Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to Safer Technology per Non-Ionizing Radiation (26-01)" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/initiative-petition-for-a-law-relative-to-safer-technology-26-01/" aria-label="Read more about Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to Safer Technology per Non-Ionizing Radiation (26-01)">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Safer Tech Petition Initiative Filed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filed August 2026 in Boston, MA Submitting was tough. I had to make changes to the proposal after I had some signatures, and those people couldn&#8217;t come back. I was worried. There are so many reasons people cannot sign&#8211;including family needs, working for the industry, or politics. Yet, local supporters rallied and I have to ... <a title="Safer Tech Petition Initiative Filed" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/safer-tech-filed/" aria-label="Read more about Safer Tech Petition Initiative Filed">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>1st Steps to Safer Tech Outreach &#038; LLC Stability</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Last Tree Laws]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public Outreach and Engagement Our website is slowly improving to reflect our stated goals for a safer tech petition initiative in Massachusetts, which are: For the above, now through July, the new version of our prior safer tech legislation and petition initiatives must be drafted to meet these stated goals for the August submission deadline. ... <a title="1st Steps to Safer Tech Outreach &#38; LLC Stability" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/safer-tech-outreach/" aria-label="Read more about 1st Steps to Safer Tech Outreach &#38; LLC Stability">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shifting Power to People: Local Legislation &#038; Ballot Drives</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Last Tree Laws]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clearly, commoners and even the ‘lesser’ rich are in a battle against billionaires. Fear of elite overreach is justified—we are fighting rash wars based on their panic and stripping sustainability to secure short-term corporate spoils and billionaire compounds. Clearly, we need to look locally, turning to our neighborhoods and states to build resilience, restore balance, ... <a title="Shifting Power to People: Local Legislation &#38; Ballot Drives" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/shifting-power-to-people-local-legislation-ballot-drives/" aria-label="Read more about Shifting Power to People: Local Legislation &#38; Ballot Drives">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Our Election, All Our Voices: Free Campaigns for Democracy &#038; Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sharing how I believe elections need to improve unnerves me, and I worry my ideas, especially since unfinished, will be open to critique. But, since I need grassroots support to continue working on legislation, I need to share some of these ideas that, to me, seem quite obvious improvements. In sharing, I will attempt to ... <a title="Our Election, All Our Voices: Free Campaigns for Democracy &#38; Peace" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/amplifying-unheard-voices-for-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Our Election, All Our Voices: Free Campaigns for Democracy &#38; Peace">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Last Tree Laws]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Kirstin Beatty, Founder 2025 April 18 &#8211; In terms of our current model for building a team, I had planned to add partners to Last Tree Laws, L.L.C., under a sweat equity model where partners are given an ownership stake and then can legally work for free, like me, while building monthly funding that ... <a title="Expert Candidates and Sweat Equity" class="read-more" href="https://lasttreelaws.com/sweat-equity-outside-ma/" aria-label="Read more about Expert Candidates and Sweat Equity">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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