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Public hearings on bills that have been filed this session are well underway — 64 of the 68 bills we filed on your behalf this session have now had a […]

On October 16, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill I share with Representative Natalie Blais, An Act relative to menstrual product ingredient disclosure.  Menstrual products have [...]

Tuesday, September 30 we covered issues ranging from local public health, to K-12 education funding, to the issues facing municipalities, to meetings with nurses and Northfield .  I began my […]

In late August, several constituents reached out to my office with concerns about receiving this year’s COVID-19 booster vaccine. Many were unable to schedule appointments at their local [...]

On June 11, the Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on three bills that I filed with fierce colleagues in the House:  An Act to reduce incidence and death […]

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic and our world flipped upside down.  As a first-term Senator, I learned lifetimes-worth of lessons in the […]

The 2023-2024 legislative session officially closed on December 31, 2024. Before the clock struck midnight, my colleagues and I worked to pass important health care-focused bills and send them to [...]