The People’s Blog

Now that spring has sprung, let’s celebrate our beautiful planet by cleaning up the parks in our district on Earth Day.  This year, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) […]

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 […]