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Every major piece of legislation in Massachusetts ultimately goes through Spilka—including the ones that don’t make it. The Senate president passed bills on cell phones in schools, data privacy, and transgender protections, and used Fair Share tax revenue to funnel an extra $1.3 billion into education and transportation.
Years ago, long before she became a powerful pol, Karen Spilka was a mom to two school-aged kids. And one day, she noticed that her son was having trouble learning to read. And now, motivated by her own experience, the Ashland lawmaker is making what she describes as “high-quality comprehensive literacy instruction,” a top priority for the New Year, she wrote in a Substack post published Wednesday.
