September 30, 2022
September 29, 2022
September 27, 2022
BusinessWest: Worthington Assembly Inc. Receives Manufacturing Leadership Award
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: $575K grant being put to work at ServiceNet’s Prospect Meadow Farm
September 22, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Sept. 12 to Sept. 16, 2022
September 21, 2022
The Bay State Banner: UMass students carry schools’ debt
The Athol Daily News: A Page from North Quabbin History: Schooldays and history are intertwined
September 20, 2022
The Reminder: Cultural Facilities Fund grants awarded to area organizations
September 19, 2022
Amherst Bulletin: Amherst eyes special real estate transfer fee that would generate $1.5M
The Berkshire Eagle: School district merger committee seeks state funding
September 18, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Dozens celebrate Marty Nathan’s ‘fierce’ activism at Florence gathering
September 16, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Around Amherst: Town marking Puerto Rican Heritage Day
September 15, 2022
BusinessWest: It’s Still An Economic Driver, While New Law Addresses Thorny Issues
September 14, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Cultural facilities grants underpin Florence arts celebration
WWLP 22 News: $3.3 million granted for arts and culture facilities in western Mass.
September 13, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Amherst eyes special real estate transfer fee that would generate $1.5M
The Reminder: Sept. 11 attack remembered at 21st memorial service
September 8, 2022
The Eagle Tribune: Mixed results for lawmakers trying to leap to new offices
September 6, 2022
September 5, 2022
September 4, 2022
September 2, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Chancellor Subbaswamy: UMass is not ‘a problem to solve’
September 1, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 22 to Aug. 26, 2022
August 31, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Jones Library capital campaign rakes in money, but soaring costs loom
August 30, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Williamsburg, Northampton land $2.7M in climate resiliency grants
22 News WWLP: State funding new public safety complex in Williamsburg
August 28, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: PHOTOS: Breaking bread together again
August 27, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Aug. 22-26
August 25, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: Comerford visiting ‘democracy hubs’ in district library tour
The Greenfield Recorder: Early, in-person voting begins Saturday for state primary
The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 15 to Aug. 19, 2022
August 18, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 8 to Aug. 12, 2022
August 16, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Area lawmakers oppose higher MCAS scores
The Reminder: Film, discussion address food insecurity, climate crisis
Wicked Local: New rules open doors for social equity applicants for pot shops, limit municipal asks
August 15, 2022
NBC Boston: Education Leaders Vote to Raise MCAS Graduation Requirements
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Advocates celebrate passage of state climate bill
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Aug. 8-12
August 13, 2022
Commonwealth Magazine: Schools are missing from the state’s climate plan
August 11, 2022
The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, 2022
August 10, 2022
Baystate Banner: Baker vetoes prison moratorium
August 9, 2022
Commonwealth Magazine: Lawmakers, advocates hit Baker’s opt-in approach to public health
The Athol Daily News: Royalston using WRAP funds to address storm damage
August 8, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Aug. 8
August 7, 2022
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Northampton’s farmers markets get official salute
The Daily Hampshire Gazette: City Briefing: Kayak-a-thon returns for 14th year on Sept. 11
August 5, 2022
WBUR: State lawmakers push to limit MassHealth’s ability to recoup funds after members die
The Boston Globe: Massachusetts has a nearly $5 billion surplus. Now what?
Patch: Framingham Legislators Join Legislature to Pass Mental Health Reform
August 4, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Comerford, Whipps: Legislature should reconvene to finish tax relief proposal
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: July 25 to July 31, 2022
August 3, 2022
Athol Daily News: Comerford, Whipps: Legislature should reconvene to finish tax relief proposal
BusinessWest: Massachusetts Legislature Passes Bill To Foster Greater Equity In Cannabis Industry
Boston Business Journal: East-west rail is on track with Beacon Hill bond vote planned
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Bill, awaiting governor’s approval, seeks to modernize public health system
WWLP: Original birth certificates to be available to all adoptees in Massachusetts
The Reminder: Smith Vocational to identify scope of building rebuild
August 2, 2022
MassLive: East-west rail chugs toward implementation with bond vote on Beacon Hill
Greenfield Recorder: Bill, awaiting governor’s approval, seeks to modernize public health system
August 1, 2022
CommonWealth: Senate resurrects dangerousness bill in after-midnight vote
NBC Boston: Mass. Senate Adopts Expansion Of Dangerousness Law
July 28, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: July 18 to July 22, 2022
Vineyard Gazette: Housing Bank Bills Languish as Legislative Session Wanes
July 27, 2022
Bay State Banner: Legislature approves moratorium on prisons
Greenfield Recorder: Wastewater testing for COVID-19 gaining traction across Franklin County
WCAI: Nantucket, state-wide real estate transfer fee pulled from legislative session
July 26, 2022
WickedLocal: Massachusetts aid-in-dying bill may have slim chance to pass — but support grows
Athol Daily News: $1M for Bigelow-Riverbend schools project included in Senate bill
July 22, 2022
WickedLocal: MA legislators urged to change holiday to Indigenous People’s Day: So where’s it stand?
BusinessWest: Bill Aims To Protect Reproductive And Gender-Affirming Care
July 21, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: July 11 to July 15, 2022
July 20, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Towns open cooling centers for residents looking to beat the heat
July 18, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Comerford named to working panel on reproductive rights
July 17, 2022
Baystate Local: Comerford Named To Working Panel On Reproductive Rights
July 16, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Comerford named to working panel on reproductive rights
July 15, 2022
Athol Daily News: Comerford named to working panel on reproductive rights
BusinessWest: East-West Rail Advances With $275 Million In Infrastructure Funding
Greenfield Recorder: Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study underway
iBerkshires: Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study Garners Positive Feedback
July 14, 2022
WWLP: Massachusetts Senate passes bill for abortion protections
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: July 4 to July 8, 2022
July 13, 2022
NBC Boston: Mass. Senate Passes Reproductive Rights Bill; Now Work Starts on Final Compromise
Greenfield Recorder: Two Montague bridges prioritized for $2M in bond bill
July 11, 2022
MassLive: State announces $400K in farm improvement grants
July 10, 2022
MassLive: Time is now for Western Massachusetts passenger rail service (Editorial)
July 8, 2022
CommonWealth: House approves veterans bill, pandemic policy extensions
WBUR: Senate passes bill to embark on major early ed changes
Athol Daily News: Suhoski: one issue addressed, another still a concern in cannabis legislation
July 7, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 27 to July 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
WWLP: Senate passes bill that supports foster parents in Massachusetts
Athol Daily News: Orange ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’ on cereal factory cleanup
June 30, 2022
WWLP: State committee report released on pandemic emergency response
Greenfield Recorder: Legislative panel reviews state’s COVID response, issues proposals for change
June 29, 2022
Boston Business Journal: Final legislative report: State wasn’t ready for pandemic
June 28, 2022
WBUR: Mass. legislators oppose education board proposal requiring higher MCAS scores for graduation
June 26, 2022
June 24, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: County residents, leaders react to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Council, Dem committee back Fair Share tax surcharge
June 23, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Area lawmakers speak out against MCAS proposal
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 13 to June 17, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: My Turn: Why the Legislature must act on vital public health system reforms
June 22, 2022
WWLP: Legislators voice concern over raising MCAS passing scores
Sun Chronicle: Attleboro lawmaker urges state not to raise MCAS stakes
June 21, 2022
WWLP: Cannabis conference committee only half-baked
June 20, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Amherst celebrates Juneteenth, ties to history
Greenfield Recorder: Dunlavy, Bialecki-Canning celebrated as Commonwealth Heroines
June 18, 2022
Sentinel & Enterprise: Sunday Notebook: The relatedness test
June 17, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: South County seniors catch up at ‘Garden Party’ picnic in Deerfield
June 16, 2022
Commonwealth: Lawmakers in agreement on prison construction moratorium
MassLive: State Senate passes bill banning prison, jail construction in Massachusetts for 5 years
Greenfield Recorder: Orange factory fire cleanup estimated at $4M
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 6 to June 10, 2022
June 15, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Deerfield welcomes state officials as push for funding continues
June 14, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: MassDOT to expedite full replacement of General Pierce Bridge
Greenfield Recorder: FRCOG’s Phoebe Walker earns first Local Public Health Leadership Award
June 13, 2022
Amherst Bulletin: ‘A gift to us all’: Community mourns the loss of Sarah Etelman
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Guest columnist The Rev. Peter Kakos: Commit to a nuclear refreeze
June 11, 2022
WWLP: Franklin County Pride Parade returns after pandemic hiatus
June 10, 2022
NECN: Huge Mill Fire Leaves Mass. Town With Dangerous Debris, $4M Bill: ‘It’s Just Too Much’
June 9, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 30 to June 3, 2022
June 8, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: ‘A gift to us all’: Community mourns the loss of Sarah Etelman
The Reminder: Congressmen host special town hall on democracy’s future
June 7, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Franklin County Pride celebrations ‘coming back strong’
Truthout: Defense Contractors Are Using Tax Dollars to Profit Off War in Ukraine
June 6, 2022
June 5, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: High school equivalency graduation at GCC celebrates 40
June 2, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 23 to May 27, 2022
May 23, 2022
Western Mass News: Smith Vocational sustains fire damage one day after roof collapses in storm
May 20, 2022
WWLP: Crews begin installation of protective screening on French King Bridge
Athol Daily News: 2022 Peacemaker Awards honor young activists
May 19, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: 2022 Peacemaker Awards honor young activists
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 9 to May 13, 2022
May 18, 2022
Boston Globe: House lawmakers to consider moratorium on constructing correctional facilities
May 17, 2022
Commonwealth: House plans vote on prison construction moratorium
Greenfield Recorder: Greenfield Notebook: May 18, 2022
The Shoestring: Tenants Call for Banning Brokers’ Fees at Public Hearing
May 15, 2022
Athol Daily News: Sen. Jo Comerford announces 2022 library tour
Athol Daily News: A Page from North Quabbin History: Widow donates rare group photo of Warwick CCC
Lowell Sun: Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 9-13, 2022
May 13, 2022
Amherst Indy: State Senator Jo Comerford Holds Virtual Town Hall
May 12, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Sen. Comerford lays out priorities at virtual town hall
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 2 to May 6, 2022
May 10, 2022
GBH: Legislators drum up support for aid-in dying bill with approaching deadline
May 9, 2022
BusinessWest: Senate Passes Work And Family Mobility Act
May 8, 2022
Athol Daily News: Royalston Democrats choose Kellner as new chair
May 6, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 25 to April 29, 2022
Amherst Indy: People’s Town Hall With State Senator Jo Comerford
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Western Mass. delegation largely in support of safe injection sites
May 4, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Homeowners worth keeping in community
MassLive: Amherst fire chief gets OK to work past mandatory retirement age
May 3, 2022
WWLP: “This is our generation’s fight now,” locals protest for abortion rights
April 29, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Three contests in Monday’s Deerfield election
April 28, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: State lawmakers remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Farren situation
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 18 to April 22, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Three contests in Monday’s Deerfield election
April 25, 2022
WWLP: Improving western Mass. grant chances
Greenfield Recorder: Education funding formula problematic for small districts
Athol Daily News: $1M matching grant to support fire suppression services at Orange Industrial Park
April 24, 2022
Lowell Sun: Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 18-22, 2022
April 21, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 11 to April 15, 2022
April 20, 2022
April 14, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 4 to April 8, 2022
April 12, 2022
Athol Daily News: Lawmakers, local officials share priorities at conference
April 11, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Amherst students may face charges over school assaults
April 10, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Lawmakers, local officials share priorities at conference
Greenfield Recorder: PHOTOS: Comerford lends hand at Stone Soup Café in Greenfield
April 8, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: State wires storm damage relief funds to towns hit by July storms
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 28 to April 1, 2022
April 7, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Whately’s delayed 250th anniversary celebration draws near, volunteers sought
April 6, 2022
Athol Daily News: Royalston follows lawmakers’ advice, seeks $60K earmark for pickup
April 5, 2022
WWLP: Northampton Sen. Comerford wants floor vote on jail, prisons bill
April 3, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Forum in South Deerfield examines ways to band together to fight climate change
April 1, 2022
MassLive: Northampton officials want meeting with BI-QEM after formaldehyde spill
Eagle Tribune: Lawmakers turn out for transgender day of visibility
March 31, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 21 to 25, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Northampton eyes ban on rental broker fees
March 24, 2022
Boston Herald: Here’s who voted for and against the gas tax suspension amendment
March 21, 2022
Amherst Bulletin: Amherst will petition state for reparations initiative
March 20, 2022
March 17, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 7 to March 11, 2022
March 15, 2022
Connecticut Public: Massachusetts Senate vote inches state closer to soldiers’ home changes
March 14, 2022
MassLive: South Hadley Council on Aging goes green with electric vehicle purchase
March 13, 2022
March 10, 2022
Wicked Local: Road safety law may have ‘loophole’ that missed vloggers, livestreams
March 9, 2022
WCVB: Push to strengthen Massachusetts’ hands-free driving law hits Beacon Hill
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Amherst will petition state for reparations initiative
March 8, 2022
Filtermag: Pressure on Massachusetts to Ban Building of New Jails and Prisons
March 5, 2022
March 3, 2022
MassLive: Black Excellence on the Hill award ceremony honors trailblazers
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 21 to Feb. 25, 2022
March 2, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Legislators tour Greenfield Community College, pledge support
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 21 to Feb. 25, 2022
March 1, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Legislators echo call in Montague for more road, bridge funding
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Officials look around Northampton’s new 53-unit affordable housing complex
February 28, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call
February 24, 2022
Bay State Banner: Demonstrators call for prison moratorium
February 23, 2022
MassLive: Poll: Voters like candidates who support end-of-life choices
Boston University News Service: Lawmakers detail state’s climate change goals, future plans
February 22, 2022
Patch: Lawmakers Detail State’s Climate Change Goals, Future Plans
Athol Daily News: ‘People’s Forest Bill of Rights’ legislation stalls
February 21, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Lawmakers detail state’s climate change goals
February 20, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Lawmakers detail state’s climate change goals, future plans
February 17, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 7 to Feb. 11, 2022
February 15, 2022
MassLive: Massachusetts relaxes COVID indoor mask advisory for vaccinated people as cases improve
February 11, 2022
Athol Daily News: Comerford reaching out in newly configured district
February 10, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Lawmakers brief Jewish congregation on bills, condemn hate crimes
February 9, 2022
The Tufts Daily: Proposed bill would pause prison construction in Mass. for 5 years
February 8, 2022
February 4, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Lawmakers weigh pros, cons of youth vax bills
February 3, 2022
WBSM: Dartmouth Man’s Pancreatic Cancer Bill Advances
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Housing panel holding on to real estate transfer fee bill
February 1, 2022
The Reminder: Health Policy Forum, UMass discuss public health recommendations
January 31, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: ARPA money to aid Western Mass. towns hit by July storms
January 26, 2022
WWLP: Public health officials are preparing for the next pandemic
Greenfield Recorder: Lawmakers press bill on funding police alternatives
Daily Hampshire Gazette: County’s COVID-19 caseload rises as state sees dip
January 25, 2022
Greenfield Recorder: Forum airs concerns about FirstLight relicensing process
January 24, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Lawmakers press bill on funding police alternatives
WBUR: Unvaccinated students in some Mass. schools can go maskless
January 20, 2022
The Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 10 to Jan. 14, 2022
The Recorder: Greening Greenfield to hold online forum on FirstLight relicensing process
January 18, 2022
Commonwealth: House releases $55m bill for COVID testing, school masks
The Reminder: Western Mass. delegation announces $7.5M for storm response
January 17, 2022
The Sun Chronicle: Medical aid in dying bills split Massachusetts once again
January 16, 2022
MetroWest Daily News: For Baker, ‘presence’ was about all he gave legislators at COVID-19 hearing
January 14, 2022
Tittle Press: COVID infections among Massachusetts K-12 students surpass 40,000
Captive Insurance Times: Massachusetts sees support for crumbling foundations captive bill
January 13, 2022
Dorchester Reporter: Rep. Miranda urges Baker to allow remote learning, set indoor masking policy
iBerkshires.com: Hinds Announce $ 7.5M in ARPA Funds for Summer Storm Damages
The Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 3 to Jan. 7, 2022
January 12, 2022
WAMC: Baker pressed on school COVID-19 policies by legislators at statehouse hearing
Boston Globe: Governor Baker, we have a COVID-19 data problem
WWLP: Isolation hotel in works to protect homeless during surge
WWLP: Funding secured to install barriers on French King Bridge in Gill
January 11, 2022
Boston Globe: Lawmakers press Baker on COVID, arguing for more aggressive posture
Commonwealth: Baker, Democratic legislators clash on virus response
Western Mass News: Local experts weigh in on Governor Baker’s new testing guidance
State House News Service: Legislators Press Baker On Masks, Communications
January 7, 2022
WBUR: Stuck in a long line for a COVID-19 test in Mass.? Here’s why
MetroWest Daily News: Split down the middle. Massachusetts divided over aid-in-dying proposals
January 6, 2022
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Mayor calls out antisemitism in Northampton’s public discourse
January 5, 2022
22 News/WWLP: Lawmakers want to hear from Baker next week
The Recorder: Climate change forum returning in February
January 3, 2022
January 2, 2022
Athol Daily News: Athol Democrats will meet virtually to plan for 2022 election season
