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Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: Boston’s lungs and drinking water
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted October 26, 2021

Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: Boston’s lungs and drinking water

Two hundred million. That’s how many gallons of water the Quabbin Reservoir sends each day to meet the needs of 3 million people living in metro Boston. The water leaves through an aqueduct [...]

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A year after David Almond’s death in DCF care, what has changed?
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted October 26, 2021

A year after David Almond’s death in DCF care, what has changed?

By Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Jo Comerford   When we learned of David Almond’s death on Oct. 21, 2020, we were heartbroken. Tragically, this was not the first time we had seen a child die [...]

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Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: Listen to Sammie
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted September 21, 2021

Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: Listen to Sammie

Every once in a while there’s a lightning bolt. A clarion call to action. A brave, galvanizing force, capable of moving mountains. (Or legislatures.) Enter 10-year-old Sammie, a miracle of a [...]

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Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: Getting real about racial health equity
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted August 24, 2021

Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: Getting real about racial health equity

Massachusetts is often celebrated nationally as a leader in health care. But if we look closely, we see another painful reality — chasm after chasm of racial and ethnic health inequities in the [...]

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Governor Baker needs to announce COVID-19 mandates for schools
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted August 9, 2021

Governor Baker needs to announce COVID-19 mandates for schools

The governor should follow science and not politics. By Marjorie C. Decker and Jo Comerford We are concerned about rising COVID-19 cases, the predominance of the aggressive Delta variant, and a [...]

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Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: What gets defined as renewable energy?
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted July 27, 2021

Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: What gets defined as renewable energy?

This week, our air turned hazy as winds blew in wildfire smoke from the west coast, a stark reminder that when it comes to climate change, we’re all in this together. On Friday, I’ve been invited [...]

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Stop sweetheart deals with state utilities
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted June 24, 2021

Stop sweetheart deals with state utilities

3% revenue increase each year not fair to ratepayers By Rep. Natalie Blais, Sen. Jo Comerford, and Daniel Sosland Electrifying buildings and appliances that now run on gas, oil, and other fossil [...]

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Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: Bugs, weeds and health
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted June 22, 2021

Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: Bugs, weeds and health

I never imagined writing to you about mosquitos. About integrated pest management. About chemicals so toxic that one part per million could make an entire drinking water source nonpotable. But [...]

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Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: We must cherish public higher education
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted May 25, 2021

Dear Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford: We must cherish public higher education

In words unchanged since 1780, the education clause of our state’s Constitution reads that “[i]t shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to [...]

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Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: No new women’s prison
By Jo Comerford
In Op-Eds & Columns, Updates from Jo
Posted April 27, 2021

Columnist Sen. Jo Comerford: No new women’s prison

People sometimes ask me to point to a moment in my life that set me on a path to public office. The following is one of those moments. In the early 1970s, the doorbell rang in a sprawling Sisters [...]

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