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February 27, 2026

Worcester Business Journal: Senate approves $3.28B borrowing bill for Mass. public higher education

February 26, 2026

Athol Daily News: ‘Farmers are part of the solution’: Legislation proposes tax credit for farms donating to food pantries

Western Mass News: Massachusetts bill would set statewide goals to reduce driving miles

February 24, 2026

WWLP-22News: Caregivers want state to take better care of them

February 23, 2026

Athol Daily News: New Economic Development Secretary Eric Paley gets crash course in Franklin County’s needs

Daily Hampshire Gazette: ‘Farmers are part of the solution’: Legislation proposes tax credit for farms donating to food pantries

New England Public Media: Beacon Hill weighs big spending as the GOP tests voters

February 22, 2026

Athol Daily News: Comerford amendment aims for level funding under literacy mandate

February 21, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Feb. 9-13

February 20, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 9 to Feb. 13, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: ‘Farmers are part of the solution’: Legislation proposes tax credit for farms donating to food pantries

The Greenfield Recorder: Shutesbury officials advocate for equitable treatment of Quabbin region

MassLive: State economic development head hears from Franklin County: No ‘one size fits all’ for WMass

February 19, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Shutesbury officials advocate for equitable treatment of Quabbin region

The Greenfield Recorder: Comerford amendment aims for equitable funding in literacy bill

The Greenfield Recorder: New Economic Development Secretary Eric Paley gets crash course in Franklin County’s needs

Politico: Senate adds Healey’s higher ed bill to agenda

State House News Service (paywall): Senate ready to take next step on higher education infrastructure

February 18, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Comerford amendment aims for level funding under literacy mandate

February 15, 2026

MassLive: Activists hopeful bill calling on U.S. to act to prohibit nukes advances in State House

February 13, 2026

Fresh Plaza: Massachusetts lawmakers propose asparagus as official state vegetable 

Politico: Beacon Hill’s bromance

February 12, 2026

BusinessWest.com: Successful MLK Day Community Food Drive Benefits Amherst Survival Center

February 11, 2026

Cape Cod Times: What Trump policies means for Massachusetts budget: 5 takeaways from first budget hearing

The Enterprise: New bill would crown asparagus as Massachusetts’s official state veggie

MetroWest Daily News: What Trump policies means for Massachusetts budget: 5 takeaways from first budget hearing

Telegram & Gazette: New bill would crown asparagus as Massachusetts’s official state veggie

February 6, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 26 to Jan. 30, 2026

February 5, 2026

Amherst Indy: State Reps Seek to Equalize Aid to Western Mass, Prioritizing Education, Health, and Climate

Bloomberg: Massachusetts Eyes Its Millionaire Tax for Public Campus Revamp

Western Mass News: Jo Comerford successfully amends school bill

Western Mass News: New legislation ensures fair funding for rural school districts

February 4, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Amherst legislators tackle school funding, ICE fears in meeting with Town Council

February 2, 2026

WWLP-22News: InFocus featuring Senator Comerford on Freedom to Move Act

January 31, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 19-23

January 30, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 19 to Jan. 23, 2026

Politico: What Pressley saw in Minnesota

January 26, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: Comerford, Whipps talk legislative progress with Orange Selectboard

January 24, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 12-16

January 23, 2026

Amherst Bulletin: Comerford urges fair funding for rural towns during legislative update in Leverett

Athol Daily News: ‘Libraries are not luxuries’: Librarians advocate for $1M increase in public library aid

The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Jan. 12 to Jan. 16, 2026

January 22, 2026

Franklin County Now: Rural school districts to send urgent message to Healey

January 19, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: New fire chief on board in Leverett

The Greenfield Recorder: Sen. Comerford talks legislative priorities with Gill Selectboard

January 17, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: ‘The math doesn’t work’: State report sounds alarm on future of farms

January 16, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: Comerford urges fair funding for rural towns during legislative update in Leverett

The Greenfield Recorder: ‘Libraries are not luxuries’: Librarians advocate for $1M increase in public library aid

MassLive: Western Mass. to Boston: Support the Quabbin communities you’ve relied on for generations

January 15, 2026

CommonWealth Beacon: Prospects shaky for real estate transfer fee

WWLP-22News: Negotiators begin hashing out CCC, hemp reform approaches

January 14, 2026

Athol Daily News: ‘The math doesn’t work’: State report sounds alarm on future of Massachusetts farms

State Affairs: Negotiators begin hashing out CCC, hemp reform approaches 

State House News Service: Negotiators begin hashing out CCC, hemp reform approaches

January 13, 2026

Daily Hampshire Gazette: ‘The math doesn’t work’: State report sounds alarm on future of Massachusetts farms

January 12, 2026

Franklin County Now: Hundreds gather for demonstrations this weekend

WBUR: Western Mass. lawmakers renew their call for support maintaining the Quabbin Reservoir

January 9, 2026

MassLive: Mass. Senate advances bill enabling businesses to shift credit card fees to customers

Yahoo! News: Mass. Senate advances bill enabling businesses to shift credit card fees to customers

January 8, 2026

Franklin Observer: Move Over Ladybug, Here Comes ‘Hadley Grass’

WBUR: Mass. to collect detailed racial and ethnic data, under new state law

January 7, 2026

State House News Service: Students, lawmakers aiming to spread “Hadley grass” across Mass.

WBUR: Hadley students push to make asparagus the official state vegetable

January 6, 2026

Wicked Local: Bill targets loopholes in MA distracted driving laws. Why can’t it pass?

January 5, 2026

MassLive: Business Monday ETC: Jan. 5, 2026

New England Public Media: Massachusetts lawmakers ring in 2026 with budgets, ballots and midterms

January 2, 2026

The Greenfield Recorder: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Dec. 22 to Dec. 26, 2025