Despite overwhelming Democratic control of both branches and the Governor’s office, why does MA make so little progress on the issues that matter most to our progressive electorate: housing, healthcare, the environment and education? Why does our legislature work in secrecy and lack accountability, transparency and professionalism, compared to every other state in the country? How are individual legislators silenced when they seek to advance progressive legislation, even measures supported by our MA Democratic Platform?
PDM assembled a panel with different perspectives for this June 2024 virtual public policy forum. Each panelist is deeply familiar with the workings of our legislative branch:
Jonathan Hecht, Watertown’s MA State Representative (2009-2021)
Travis Benson, organizer for Act On Mass and progressive candidates
Adrian Walker, Associate Editor and columnist, Boston Globe.
Moderated by Jeanne Kempthorne, co-chair of PDM’s working group on legislative reform, they will address how our legislature functions, why it is not more effective, and examine how reform might happen.
27 июн 2024
