A whopping $8.25 million in economic development funding
The Community One Stop for Growth grants for the Fiscal Year 2023 were recently announced. Our district has been awarded a whopping $8.25 million. The Community One Stop grant process […]
Breaking Down the Silos: Nursing Meets Engineering
The following are remarks I delivered at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation’s first annual symposium on nursing and engineering innovation on September [...]
A ‘back to school’ love letter
Written remarks offered at Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s school year kick off on August 29, 2022. (I cut them a bit on the spot for time!) So honored to […]
$52.7 billion in the nick of time
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 […]
The Senate’s $49.8 billion investment in the Commonwealth
Yesterday, the Senate passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2023 state budget by a vote of 40 – 0. I kicked off budget week with a short intro video. […]
What’s inside the legislature’s latest spending bill?!
On March 24, the Senate passed a $1.65 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Supplemental Budget. The legislation makes investments in the state’s long-term COVID-19 response; addresses staffing shortages in [...]
ARPA wins for our region (special edition newsletter): Your powerful advocacy made a huge difference
Greetings all, I write with big news about public health and American Rescue Plan Act funds. On Wednesday, the Senate voted to pass S.2564 – An Act relative to immediate […]
Big public health news
Warm Greetings (literally), I write from Tampa, where I traveled to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit, joining Senate President Karen Spilka who serves on [...]
PFAS Interagency Task Force Meeting
The PFAS Interagency Task Force will hold a meeting. For more info, click here.
