Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is my last email update until this fall. During an election year, state ethics law requires certain restrictions on a legislator’s communications to prevent the…
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Legislative Update: Recapping the 2024 legislative session.
Friends and neighbors, We made some major accomplishments during the 2024 legislative session. We focused on boosting support for our public schools, the urgent concern of a dramatic rise in…
Budgets that Invest in Families, Climate Resiliency and Infrastructure
Dear Friends and Neighbors, During this year’s session, the Legislature crafted “supplemental” budgets, which make adjustments to the comprehensive biennial budgets that we passed last year. The final proposals are…
Legislative Update: More than Halfway Through Session + Join Us at a Town Hall on Saturday
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re now in week six of this year’s legislative session. For the past week, my fellow legislators and I have been debating various bills on the…
Video Update: Protecting Students + Join Us at a Feb. 17 Town Hall
Dear Friends and Neighbors, In my latest GoodMinute, I talk about efforts in front of the legislature to protect students. These measures include addressing safety at sporting events and on…
Legislative Update: Support for Older Adults, Free School Meals & More
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This week was policy cut-off, which means next week my colleagues and I will be debating bills on the House floor until the early hours of…
Legislative Update: Youth Testimony on Sentencing Reform, Local Students Serve as Pages, & More
Dear friends and neighbors, In this week’s GoodMinute, I talk about testimony heard in the Community Safety, Justice, and Reentry Committee from students from the Green Hill School. Young adults…
Video Update: Welcome to the 2024 Legislative Session + Join Me at a Telephone Town Hall on Jan. 23
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 Legislative Session started on January 8th. We’re tacking a host of issues like supporting overburdened communities, addressing the housing crisis, health, behavioral health, reforming…
Legislative Update: Welcome to the 2024 Legislative Session!
Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 Legislative Session is now underway, and we are working hard on a host of important issues like supporting overburdened communities, addressing the housing crisis,…
Legislative Update: Floor Action, Protecting Reproductive Health Care, and Preventing the Adverse Effects of Climate Change
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2023 legislative session is now coming down the final stretch. Currently, we are back on the House floor full-time, voting on the bills the Senate…