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El Senado de MA aprueba la Ley VOTES, legislación para mantener la votación por correo en MA más allá de la pandemia de COVID

Massachusetts is drowning in single-use plastics. Why not ban them?

Boston Globe - October 18, 2023

“We are effectively smothering our planet and ourselves with plastic, and we have to address it,” said state Senator Rebecca Rausch, who chairs the Legislature’s joint committee on environment and natural resources.

Will the Legislature have an appetite for overrides?

Commonwealth Magazine - August 17, 2023

Proponents of the [Hey Sam] texting hotline say it is not duplicative of existing services, as it is staffed by locals who can refer callers to local services, and the peer-to-peer structure makes it more accessible to young people who may be reluctant to reach out for help through other channels.

Massachusetts lawmakers consider building energy performance standards

Environment America - July 17, 2023

Building energy performance standards are tried-and-true policy. Boston and Cambridge have already adopted performance standards for large buildings similar to those proposed in this legislation.

Massachusetts to consider numerous packaging-related bills, with a focus on plastic reduction

Waste Dive - June 7, 2023

“We are in a crisis of our own making and we have got to take steps now to reduce the damage we are causing, and continue to cause, to our beautiful planet and own health by limiting the use of single-use plastics,” said Rausch

New hope for bill to ban size discrimination in Massachusetts, after three decades of trying

Boston Globe - May 20, 2023

"Passing a law to protect workers and protect people as they seek health care, and education, and other opportunities ... is certainly a step in the right direction,” said Rausch

Home birthing options limited due to lack of midwife licensing; This bill could change that

MassLive - March 31, 2023

Several pieces of legislation filed on Beacon Hill this session could rectify that licensure gap, creating a board of registration in midwifery that would standardize a process for issuing, renewing or revoking licenses.

Keller @ Large: Healey's proposed tax cuts aim to keep people from leaving Massachusetts

CBS News - March 29, 2023

"I'm particularly intrigued by the fact that at least some national tax policy experts say there's no connection between tax rates on capital gains and economic growth," said a skeptical Sen. Becca Rausch (D-Needham).

Maura Healey finds resistance to tax cut proposal among lawmakers, advocates

Boston Herald - March 29, 2023

If the state’s Democratic governor thought her proposal to cut taxes would be met with welcome arms during a hearing before the equally liberal Massachusetts Legislature, lawmakers and advocates surely disabused her of that notion this week.

Should Massachusetts legalize teachers’ strikes?

Commonwealth Magazine - March 28, 2023

CommonWealth’s Jennifer Smith talks through the case for and cost of strikes with bill sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch and Tom Scott, Executive Director of Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.

Saving the lives of Mass. moms: These three bills focus on pregnancy, postpartum care gaps

Cape Cod Times - March 24, 2023

In Feb. 2023, “An act promoting access to midwifery care and out of hospital birth options,” (HD 2209/SD1457) sponsored by Rep. Kay Khan and Rep. Brandy Fluker Oakley in the House and Sen. Becca Rausch in the Senate.

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