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What happened in 23 hours?!
By Jo Comerford
In Updates from Jo, Newsletters, The People's Blog
Posted August 4, 2022

What happened in 23 hours?!

Greetings, I’m still catching my breath from the final month of our two-year legislative session. July was a sprint at the end of a marathon as the House and Senate collaborated to bury the [...]

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Addressing Barriers to Care: What’s in the Legislature’s Final Mental Health Bill
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog, Uncategorized
Posted August 3, 2022

Addressing Barriers to Care: What’s in the Legislature’s Final Mental Health Bill

Right before we finished our work for the year, the legislature passed a sweeping mental health bill, titled the Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care (ABC) with my strong support. [...]

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A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Engage
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog, Uncategorized
Posted August 2, 2022

A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Engage

We’re writing about a both timely and time-bound opportunity to engage in a process, the outcome of which has the potential to affect the health of the Connecticut River Valley for generations to [...]

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WHMP Radio – The Bill Newman Show
By Cameron Lease
In Audio & Video
Posted August 1, 2022

WHMP Radio – The Bill Newman Show

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Never Again: the Legislature’s Overhaul of the Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers Homes
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog, Uncategorized
Posted July 29, 2022

Never Again: the Legislature’s Overhaul of the Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers Homes

Yesterday, in the final days of the legislative session, the House and Senate both passed legislation that makes key reforms to the governance structure of the state’s veterans’ homes. The bill [...]

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A new day for Massachusetts public health
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog, Uncategorized
Posted July 29, 2022

A new day for Massachusetts public health

I offered the following remarks in a floor speech on July 29, 2022 to support a bill I filed to transform public health in Massachusetts:   Thank you Mr. Presdient, and through you to the [...]

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Holding the Line on Reproductive Equity
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog
Posted July 26, 2022

Holding the Line on Reproductive Equity

Today, the Senate and House passed H.5090, An Act expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care. I was delighted to vote YES and proud that many of the Senate’s equity-driven [...]

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Farms, health care, and millions for our district: Inside the Senate’s $4.4 billion economic development bill
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog
Posted July 22, 2022

Farms, health care, and millions for our district: Inside the Senate’s $4.4 billion economic development bill

Yesterday, the Senate passed a comprehensive $4.4 billion economic development bill that invests equitably in local communities and in people across the Commonwealth. I was proud to secure 11 [...]

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All about the reconciled clean energy and climate bill
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog
Posted July 21, 2022

All about the reconciled clean energy and climate bill

Yesterday morning at 6:30 a.m., before I hit the road to Boston, I saw the final bill produced by the Clean Energy and Climate Conference Committee which was set up to reconcile the House and [...]

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$52.7 billion in the nick of time
By Jo Comerford
In The People's Blog
Posted July 19, 2022

$52.7 billion in the nick of time

On July 18, I voted YES to send the legislature’s final FY23 budget to the Governor’s desk.  The FY23 budget process kicked off back in December 2021, when economists told us how much revenue [...]

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