Category: State House News

– State Senator Patricia Jehlen & Lisa Gurgone, Home Care Aide Council On April 8, Pay Equity Day, we again observed that women earn, on average, 79 percent

If you become sick or hurt, do your loved ones know what kind of care you want? Senator Patricia Jehlen is helping community members start an important conversation

Senator Patricia D. Jehlen (D-Somerville) and Representative James O’Day (D-West Boylston), co-chairs of the Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Aging, convened the commission’s first meeting on April 2nd, 2014.

Communities across the state are reaping the benefits of legislation filed by Senator Patricia Jehlen that passed in 2012, An Act Relative to Community Housing and Services. This

State Representative Carl Sciortino, a Medford Democrat, is stepping down from elected office after nearly a decade in office to lead the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. He

AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts announces today that it has named Carl Sciortino its Executive Director. Sciortino, a state representative from the 34th Middlesex District, will resign from

Representative Paul J. Donato (D-Medford, Malden) and his colleagues met with Steven M. Rothstein, President of the Perkins School for the Blind during BLIND legislative advocacy day at

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill authorizing $13 billion in capital spending over the next five years to fund improvements to the Commonwealth’s transportation system, Senator Patricia

State Senator Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville, Medford) provided updates on several important issues relating to transportation in her latest newsletter. The Senate recently unanimously passed a transportation bond bill.

The Senate on Thursday passed legislation 37-0 that combines reform with increased commitments to improve existing partnerships with cities and towns, grow municipal options while incentivizing best management

Representative Carl Sciortino (D – Medford/Somerville) is pleased that a bill he filed this session banning the usage of “conversion therapy” with minors advanced this week in the