Updates from Jo

We are in full swing over here at Team Comerford!  District Director Elena Cohen and I began the day at the Delaney House in Holyoke, talking with Fire Chiefs from […]

Last week, I had the privilege of joining leaders from western Massachusetts to host a progress report on ending hunger in our region.  Folks on the frontline of ending hunger […]

The Boston Globe recognizes the powerful benefits of midwifery care and the need for policies that will enable access to midwives and birth centers [...]

District Director Elena Cohen recently visited Quabbin Harvest Food Co-op and took a tour of their beautiful store in Orange. Elena is pictured below (on the left) with deeply dedicated […]

The year has circled round again and it’s sugaring season. So very glad to mark this season — which kicks off growing and producing in our region — at Williams […]

Now that Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll’s proposed budget is public (read more here), the Joint Committee on Ways and Means is holding hearings across Massachusetts over the [...]

Off we go! We’re two months into the 2023-2024 session. Read about what my team and I were up to in our March 2023 newsletter. This newsletter includes important updates […]

The Healey-Driscoll Administration released its $55.5 billion Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal on March 1. Below we’ve unpacked just some of the funding highlights. Learn more about the budget [...]

This week I had the opportunity to host a briefing with Rep. Hannah Kane and the Food System Caucus, on the projected end of the SNAP emergency allotments for Massachusetts […]

I had the privilege of joining fellow legislators and advocates from around the Commonwealth to launch the End of Life Options Act. The bill allows someone who is terminally ill […]