Coppinger, Coakley announce human trafficking bill

Wicked Local

February 28, 2011

State Rep. Ed Coppinger joined with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and a coalition of legislators, district attorneys, law enforcement officials, and victim advocates to announce the filing of An Act Relative to the Commercial Exploitation of People, comprehensive legislation that would for the first time, establish human trafficking for sexual servitude or labor as a crime in Massachusetts.

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Swearing In Party and 2011 Kick-Off

Please join us in celebrating Ed’s swearing in as the State Representative for the 10th Suffolk District! We will be at the Boston Elks Lodge #10 in West Roxbury from 7 PM to 10 PM.

The Elks Lodge is located at One Morrell Street, right off of Spring Street.

State Representative Ed Coppinger Talks About Committee Assignments

West Roxbury Patch

February 2, 2011
by David Ertischek

On Monday Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo announced committee assignments for the new legislative session, and it was something that first-term State Representative Ed Coppinger had been looking forward to for months.

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Chief of Staff to Run Rush’s Office During Iraq Deployment

West Roxbury Patch

January 20, 2011
by Timothy Robertson

In less than five months following his election to a state senate seat, Michael Rush (D-West Roxbury) will be deployed to Iraq, leaving his chief of staff in charge of his office, Rush said Wednesday.

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State Sen. Mike Rush deployed to Iraq

West Roxbury Transcript

January 14, 2011
by Dan Atkinson

After 14 years in the Naval Reserve, newly-elected State Sen. Mike Rush is getting called up for duty — he’ll be deployed to Iraq as an intelligence officer in March.

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