A Conference Committee Update
We’re entering the bring-it-on-home portion of the two year (2025-2026) legislative session and more and more House and Senate bills will be reconciled by bipartisan conference committees which [...]
Senate Budget Debate: What happened last week and what’s next?
On Thursday, May 22, after months of work and four days of debate, my colleagues and I passed the Senate’s fiscal year 2027 (FY27) budget. You can watch my opening […]
Closing the books on Fiscal Year 2025
On October 23, the Massachusetts Senate debated and unanimously passed a $2.3 billion close out supplemental budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025. (The net cost to the state will be […]
MA Senate Passes Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
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Senate Budget Debate: What happened last week and what’s next?
On Thursday, May 22, after months of work and four days of debate, my colleagues and I passed the Senate’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget. You can watch my opening […]
A journey across the Commonwealth: Ways and Means hearings
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means has now held six hearings on Governor Maura Healey’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget. #1 – March 6: Initial hearing in Gardner Auditorium […]
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 […]
