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Love and cheers for our team's Chief of Staff, Jared Freedman, who ran an (astonishing) average 6.26 min. mile for 26.2 of them during today's Boston Marathon. We love you, Jared! TY Katelyn Billings for the great picture!

Healey Driscoll Administration officials were out in force across the region on 413 Day. I joined 4 meaningful stops in Pelham, Erving, Northampton, and Gill to celebrate wins on housing, micro transit, and regional equity. TY @kimdriscollma.bsky.social @massdot.bsky.social and more

Join Rep. @mindydomb.bsky.social + me for a community meeting on Eversource's WT-11 Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Program Project at the Amherst Town Hall next on4/14 @ 6:00 p.m. Livestreamed: amherstma.zoom.us/j/82928590640 Questions may be submitted in advance: forms.gle/oLhtNo74WkiJ...

#Trump boasts about committing war crimes with comments so vile, the current public discourse begins with people acknowledging that they have fact checked the post: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

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Please share far and wide >>> www.ruralschoolsma.org Spend 3.5 minutes listening to students, faculty, staff, administrators, local officials, and community members talk about the need for education funding and policy reform. Momentum is building for real and lasting change.

Ag Day at the State House and the MA Farm Bureau's annual meeting. Let’s keep showing up for the people who keep us fed and keep natural lands open and working for us all.

The human tragedy of the Iran war increases every single hour. So does the economic tragedy. Trump wants $1.5T for war. Here are 11 programs that cost $1.5T, courtesy of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social: www.nationalpriorities.org/blog/2026/01...

In Deerfield @ Frontier Regional, students + community members sent an SOS signal to the Legislature + @massgovernor.bsky.social + LG @kimdriscollma.bsky.social . MA communities are sounding the alarm about the fiscal crisis of RURAL + DECLINING ENROLLMENT schools. www.ruralschoolsma.org

🔊 Across MA, communities are sounding the alarm about the fiscal crisis of RURAL and DECLINING ENROLLMENT schools. In Shutesbury, much of the community turned out to circle the elementary school threatened with closure. They need our help. @massgovernor.bsky.social @kimdriscollma.bsky.social

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Terrific piece about a tax credit for famers who donate fresh produce to help fight food insecurity: recorder.com/2026/02/20/f... It's a win for famers, a way to battle food insecurity and diet-related diseases, and a way to tackle food waste. H/t Paul Franz for the photo

@bostonglobe.com editorializes in favor of a statewide water plan: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/19/o...

The Boston Globe editorialized in favor of righting blistering historic wrongs when it comes to PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) in the Commonwealth: lnkd.in/ep4EC-Gs.

Catch the latest episode of Cup o' Jo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHh... Grateful to be joined by Sasha Goodfriend @ Mass NOW for a convo about advancing menstrual equity Join Sasha on 2/26 @ the State House for the 2026 Menstrual Equity Advocacy Day. More: www.massnow.org/events/advoc...

Cup o' Jo with Sen. Jo Comerford and Sasha Goodfriend from Mass NOW on menstrual equity in MA

YouTube video by Jo Comerford

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Thank you to Sen. Brownsberger, Chair Cindy Friedman, and Steering and Policy Colleagues for filing this bill ↙️. Glad to be on the team: malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD...