“I’m not talking about new taxes right now. I am trying to figure out — working with my partners in government, my partners in the state — how to protect Massachusetts,” Senate President Karen Spilka said during an interview on WBZ’s “Keller @ Large” that aired Sunday. “We have a good rainy day fund,” she said, adding, “We’re not going to have enough to cover everything.”
Read MoreWE WILL ‘ALWAYS’ RESIST — Senate President Karen Spilka wasn’t going to let President Donald Trump’s return to the White House rain on her Galentine’s Day soirée.
So, to kick off the event last night, “Senate President Karen Spilka” (played by drag queen TaDonna) opened with a “Drag Queen Story Hour,” reminding the sea of red-and-pink-clad women leaders from politics, business and philanthropy, that Massachusetts, “the birthplace of equal marriage and anti-discrimination legislation,” would “not change who we are,” as Gov. Maura Healey recently pledged.
Read MoreSpilka wants to move up the deadline for joint committees to determine the fate of the bevy of bills that end up before them from the second year of the session to the first, a move that could help avoid the last-minute crunch to push bills through with limited debate at sparsely attended sessions…
Read MoreIn an interview with Playbook, Senate President Spilka discusses the Massachusetts Senate’s agenda for Fall 2023.
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