Working to place the safety of students, faculty and staff first, while recognizing the need to continue to provide the best public school educations in America, the Stoneham and Winchester School Committees released their initial plans for a return to school this month. Both towns are offering either full remote or hybrid learning to families […]
The Legislature’s expansion of early voting and vote-by-mail options played a pivotal role in keeping our voters safe and increasing turnout to record levels in the recent state primary. More than 800,000 Massachusetts residents cast their ballots before September 1. Our clerks and their staff met the new challenges with the highest level of competence […]
Sea levels rose dramatically over the past century as changes in our climate melted ice at our North and South Poles. If we do nothing, within 30 years we can expect high tides to permanently rise above land currently occupied by residents in Boston, Cambridge and Quincy. The flood plains of the Mystic and Aberjona […]
H.4820, “An Act Relative to Voting Options in Response to COVID-19” is now law. The law ensures that citizens of the Commonwealth can exercise their right to vote without endangering their health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing voters with an option to either securely vote by mail or to vote in-person on […]
Working with the Senate and the Governor, we passed H4803 providing infrastructure funding for our cities and towns. This vital infrastructure bill will allow our municipalities to maintain and upgrade bridges, roads, and tunnels. House members updated the Chapter 90 funding formula to provide $200M in total funding throughout the Commonwealth, which translates to direct […]
Building on the landmark “GreenWorks” legislation we passed in July 2019 that authorized the state to award $100 million per year for a decade directly to our cities and towns for programs designed to directly counter the effects of climate change, we in the House recently passed H.4912 – “An Act Creating a 2050 Roadmap […]
Focusing on safety and the continued support of the Commonwealth’s healthcare system, the House recently passed H4888, a broad bill centered around adapting to a post-COVID-19 landscape in the administration of healthcare. The bill’s main focus was the integration of telehealth services, which has become the go-to for most patients and doctors alike. The bill […]
On July 28th, we in the House passed H4879, an Act Enabling Partnerships for Growth. With the support of my colleagues, I secured the authorization for future appropriation of funds from the Governor that will help both Stoneham and Winchester bounce back from the economic hardships that have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic and will boost […]
Back in May, I drafted and filed HD5054, An Act Relative to Restaurant Delivery Commissions in an effort to address some of the most pressing challenges our restaurant industry faced as a result of the COVID-19 State of Emergency. My bill capped the fees third-party food delivery services could charge to restaurants during the COVID-19 […]
On July 24th, by a vote of 93-66 the House passed H4860, the long-awaited police reform bill focused around use of force standards, the limiting of qualified immunity and the establishment of a P.O.S.T board, that will be used to mandate training for law enforcement officers in addition to the certification and de-certification of departments […]