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Meet Annie Diemand of Diemand Farm. To me, Annie is a bit of a celebrity since her family’s eggs are my family’s favorites! I spent yesterday with Annie on her Wendell farm, learning [...]

Like many, I was both angry and sad when I learned that provisions of the Safe Communities Act were not included in the final budget deal. These provisions would have protected due process, [...]

Life can be tough, but so are you. That motto is front and center at Family Empowerment, an extraordinary organization founded in 1994 and located in Hadley. Last week, Family Empowerment held an [...]

I spent the morning on four family farms in our district. It was a tremendous honor. Thank you to Barstow Family Farm, Next Barn Over, Plainville Farm, and Simple Gifts for opening your farms and [...]

Winning “Improved Medicare For All” in Massachusetts or “Single Payer” and expanding and stretching the Commonwealth’s revenue stream are among my top two campaign priorities. [...]

My entire professional career has been centered around defending the human and economic rights of people in local communities. The clock, these days, is ticking backwards. Anyone watching what’s [...]

Part of what happens in a campaign is that people in local communities lend their endorsement if they believe that you are the candidate who shares their values and who will best serve our [...]

ON REVENUE Each year the budget is a key part of the work of the Massachusetts legislature. If elected State Senator, I’ll help decide how the Commonwealth spends our money and how we raise the [...]

Bob Reich endorsed me for State Senate today. An honor. A high point, for sure. You can read more about it in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette. Here are four things (among many) that I love [...]

A society should be judged by how we treat our people at the “bookends” of life, as children and as elders. I had the pleasure of meeting with Al Norman this morning. Al has been an [...]