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You can see Representative Balser regularly on Newton's community access television station, NewTV.

Representative Balser has been pressing for legislation requiring automatic sprinkler systems in buildings. Watch her interviewed by NECN about the legislation and the Newton fire that inspired it; also watch the recent NECN documentary on the 2000 Newton fire that has brought more support for the fire prevention legislation. forgotten fire
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See Representative Balser discuss gambling addiction on NewsNight with Jim Braude (aired live): Braude
Part I
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Part II

Representative Balser has been profiled in the Boston Globe:

In From The Cold
The Boston Globe, June 16, 2005

Legislators' strategy was a leap of faith
The Boston Globe, March 12, 2004


Representative Balser has authored Op-Ed pieces:

Strains on the ER
Letter to the Editor by Representative Balser
The Boston Globe, July 22, 2007

To our kids' mental health
Op-Ed by Representative Balser and Senator Steven A. Tolman
The Boston Herald, May 5, 2007

Treatment the cure for rising drug woes
Op-Ed by Representative Balser and Representative Byron Rushing
The Boston Herald, September 21, 2006

Letter to the editor

By Representative Balser
Newton Tab, December 6, 2006


Access to Health Care is a Human Right

By Representative Balser
Sh'ma, March, 2003


Don't jeopardize special education

By Representative Balser
Boston Globe, April 10, 2000



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