One day, three hearings
On June 3, my team and I faced a potentially impossible task: I was Chairing a hearing of the Joint Committee on Higher Education, at the exact same time two […]
The school funding formula has ‘left us out’
On March 24, I had the opportunity to host and Chair a Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing at UMass Amherst focused on the education and local aid funding […]
At last, education funding reform
On January 1, 2025, I was sworn in to the Massachusetts State Senate for my fourth term representing the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester district. During the moving opening ceremony, I was […]
Free community college is here!
On Wednesday, October 2, I joined Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Senate President Karen Spilka, Senate Ways & Means Chair Michael Rodrigues, Executive Office of [...]
A recap on education and local aid Ways and Means hearing
During the Ways and Means hearing I co-chaired with Representative Andy Vargas at Greenfield Community College in early March, we heard comprehensive testimony from Healey-Driscoll Administration [...]
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 […]
