A lack in educator diversity directly impacts our Commonwealth’s children. Yesterday, adopted as amendment #471, the Educator Diversity Act passed the House with the Economic Development Bond Bill aimed at taking steps to address this.

Your location data should be private. Especially when it is relevant to sensitive care. Today, the house passed a bill that would provide protections for reproductive or gender-affirming care location information. This is a huge first step to protect your personal, private data.

We are taking action to reach the Commonwealth’s clean energy goals. Yesterday, the House took action to address the climate crisis by passing an omnibus package to update siting and permitting laws related to clean energy infrastructure and increase our use of clean energy.

FYI. Keep an eye out for updates.

Great news from the House today! Protecting consumers from price gouging and offering affordable options for those with chronic conditions.

On Monday, Governor Healey signed a $57.78 billion Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, including $1.3 billion in Fair Share investments and key Progressive Caucus wins.

There is a housing crisis in Massachusetts. Last week, we passed the Affordable Homes Act, meeting this crisis with a record $5.2 billion in bonding authorizations.

Families are made in all different ways, and now our laws in Massachusetts reflect that.

This session, Massachusetts joined several other states to require salary range transparency.

This session, we passed the HERO's Act to honor, empower, and recognize our servicemembers and veterans.

We passed important legislation this session that impacts survivors in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts has joined 15 cities and towns in the Commonwealth, including Pittsfield, and 11 other states in banning wild animals in circuses and traveling show.

We ask so much of our firefighters. It’s high time we stand firm to protect them from the cancer causing chemicals in their own gear.

Midwifery services improve birthing outcomes, especially among Black and Latine birthing parents. It’s great to see this progress in our health care system.

Language Matters. I am glad we are making important progress that truly centers and respects our residents living with disabilities.

We must do more to protect our aging residents and support their families. This is a much needed change for Long Term Care in Massachusetts.

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For #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, I thought it would be a good time to review simple and effective cyber security tips that we can implement in our lives. Stay tuned for more ways to secure your personal devices.