With the Legislature ending its formal session for the year last week, it’s exciting to see the progressive victories that have happened over the past few months, and the momentum that is building in large part due to the work of liberal legislators, advocates and activists across Massachusetts. It’s important to remember and reflect upon […]

Last Friday night, I spoke to the Stow Conservation Trust at their annual meeting. The focus of my speech, no surprise, was on environmental issues up on Beacon Hill. I decided to emphasize the successes of the Patrick administration in protecting hundreds of thousands of acres of open space in the past seven years, and […]

Last week, I testified before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing in support of the single-payer health care bill I filed this session: S.515, An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts. This legislation would guarantee that every resident has access to affordable, high quality health care, while also reducing costs for businesses and […]

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the director of a small public library while visiting a friend in her hometown. The librarian was eager to discuss her experiences with statewide library advocacy, and was curious as to my involvement with these efforts as a Massachusetts legislator. I told her that I was […]

On Thursday night, I was invited to speak to members of the Littleton Job Seekers at a Town Hall forum held at the Reuben Hoar public library in Littleton. I was invited by Cindy Filipe, a Hudson resident and friend who works at the Littleton library.  When I met Cindy a few years ago, she was […]

I recently participated in the Boston meet up for the National Day of Civic Hacking on Saturday, June 1st. The National Day of Civic Hacking is inspired in part by President Obama’s Executive Order issued in May to establish an Open Data Policy and brought together citizens, software developers and entrepreneurs from all over the […]

By Senator Jamie Eldridge A month ago, I went before the Shirley Board of Selectman for my annual budget update. It’s an opportunity to talk about likely local aid numbers for the town, including for the town’s schools, and answer any questions that selectmen and the general public in attendance have about the state budget […]

I hope that you, your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and loved ones are healthy and safe. Like me, I’m sure you found yourself racing through a list of people in your life at various times last week – a week filled with great tragedy, emotion and fear that also demonstrated our tremendous community strength and […]

With Election Day and Thanksgiving now behind us, legislators are spending more time at the State House, meeting with one another, advocates and our legislative staffs to begin crafting legislation to be filed next session, sometime in early January after our swearing-in on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013. In each of our respective districts we are […]

The following is the final text of the Senate Resolution on Citizens United,  which passed the Massachusetts Senate on a bipartisan 35-1 vote on Thursday, July 26, 2012: “MEMORIALIZING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PASS AND SEND TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FAIR ELECTIONS […]