Making hope and history rhyme. Together.
Greetings from our district, We won’t soon forget 2020 and the countless ways that people and communities rose to the daunting challenges of a historic global pandemic, massive economic crisis, [...]
Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: A moment to make hope and history rhyme
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that COVID-19 is claiming one life every 33 seconds, with the death toll projected to rise to approximately 340,000 in the U.S. by year’s end. [...]
The human case for ending high stakes testing
On December 15, Representative Jim Hawkins and I sent the following letter to the Joint Committee on Education Chairs Lewis and Peisch regarding the urgent need to waive the MCAS graduation [...]
What’s inside: An Act Relative to Justice, Equity, and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth
Conference Committee Report on S.2963, An Act Relative to Justice, Equity, and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth In June, in the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd and [...]
A wake up call for all of us: PFAS in mosquito spray
It’s outrageous — the pesticide the state uses in its mosquito spraying program has been found to contain PFAS, a group of highly toxic chemicals. In a Boston Globe article that was published [...]
