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 […]
Investing in western and north central Massachusetts infrastructure
On May 8, I joined my colleagues in the Senate as we debated a proposal to spend $1.33 billion in surplus funds generated by the Fair Share Amendment. Amid waves […]
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 […]
