Updates from Jo

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

This blog was written by Tavi Wolfwood, an intern in our office this summer, in response to constituent questions and concerns and our office’s prioritization of work on monkeypox and […]