Updates from Jo

Last week, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means kicked off hearings on Governor Healey’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal. (Just as a reminder: The budget process begins with a […]

On February 1, the Senate debated a comprehensive gun safety bill, S.2572, An Act to sensibly address firearm violence through effective reform—the SAFER Act. The following is a summary of […]

This month, my team and I are celebrating five years of service to the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester district — that’s 175,000 people in 25 remarkable communities within three counties in […]

Joe Tringali — a 45-year member of the Stavros Center for Independent Living; a passionate, beloved, and fierce leader in the disability justice movement — passed away on December 27. […]

Today, I spoke on the Senate floor in support of An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The bill passed the Senate with […]

Author Margaret Wheatley wrote, “Whatever the problem, community is the answer.” In that important observation, she captures my own love, appreciation, and respect for local service. [...]

With recent investments in college affordability, Massachusetts jumped from 26th in the nation to 12th in the nation in financial assistance rankings.  Not surprisingly, news broke recently in [...]

One of the biggest expenses municipalities incur every year is road and bridge maintenance. Particularly with climate change making extreme weather more frequent and severe, the amount that [...]

It’s hard to believe we’ve entered the final month of 2023.  As we approach the new year and the fifth anniversary of our service in the State Senate, our team […]