Press Room
Press Room
Massachusetts Senate leaders deserve credit for proposing several significant steps to address the problem, through a bill that will be voted on Thursday. While the details of these policies are complex and need to be worked out, three principles included in the bill are worth pursuing.
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.
