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Despite Trump's return, advocates say Mass. will remain oasis for abortion rights

Amid military escalation in Gaza, Mass. lawmakers traveled to Israel on trip funded by Israeli government

Boston Globe - September 26, 2025

Rausch, a Needham Democrat, said the trip itself was “extremely emotional and extremely powerful.” But she said she also was disappointed lawmakers did not have the opportunity to question Netanyahu or meet with members of the opposition party in the Knesset, Israel’s legislative body.

250 US legislators plant state trees in Negev, while seeing sites of Oct. 7

JNS - September 16, 2025

“The decisions of the government of Israel have a direct impact on the safety and security of Jews around the globe,” said Becca Rausch, a Democratic state senator in Massachusetts, who called the trip quite personal.

Bill sponsors say public restrooms need to be changed

State House News Service - September 9, 2025

Citing shifting gender and family dynamics, Rausch argued that diaper stations are needed beyond women’s restrooms. “Current practice is forcing parents and caretakers who don’t use the women’s restroom to change their baby’s diapers on a floor, sometimes in the dirty men’s bathroom on the floor, or wait to change a soiled diaper.”

Why Mass. still trails the nation in press protections

Boston Globe Opinion - August 26, 2025

“We in Massachusetts have shown a number of times that we can do at the state level what the federal government has failed to do,” Rausch said. “And we should do it in regards to freedom of the press.”

From her mouth to legislative leaders’ ears.

In face of extreme weather, Healey proposes ‘biggest ever’ investment in climate readiness for Mass.

Boston Globe - July 16, 2025

The overwhelming reception for the bill was positive, said Senator Rebecca Rausch of Needham, the committee’s co-chair. “The base has a lot of really strong pieces in it,” she said. “I’m looking forward to digging in further and to building upon it."

The Plastic Pandemic

Edible Boston - June 3, 2025

While working on this bill, Rausch and her colleagues collected the plastic trash that accumulated in their office, demonstrating the mountains of waste generated on a daily basis. There was so much plastic, when her children came into the State House during a day off from school, they “built a kindergarten-sized human completely out of plastic trash,” she recalls. “We called him Plastic Pete.” Rausch brought Plastic Pete out to the floor of the Senate and to a press conference in advance of a debate on the bill, as a “warning” to her fellow policymakers about its necessity. “I think people don’t want to become Plastic Pete,” Rausch says.

Here’s What Needham Looks to Get From the FY26 Budget

Needham Local - July 3, 2025

“Budget week is always a really intense, but also fun time in the Senate because we’re all together, and we’re all striving to achieve a common goal," said Rausch. She condemned the Trump administration’s “big beautiful bill,” which she has dubbed the “barftastic blunder bill,” and described as “a horrible stain on the history of this country."

Farewells aplenty as Fitzpatrick era nears its end

Needham Observer - June 25, 2025

State Sen. Becca Rausch said, “When Kate is involved, I never worry because it’s always done right. Every single time. We will miss your caring heart, your sense of humor, and your unwavering commitment to excellence.”

Thank You From The Medfield Kingsbury Pond Grist Mill Committee

Medfield Patch - June 22, 2025

“We are incredibly grateful to Congressman Auchincloss, Senator Rausch, and all those who have helped preserve this cornerstone of Medfield’s heritage,” said Dick Judge, chair of the Kingsbury Pond Grist Mill Committee. “Preserving the mill has been a true community effort over many, many years.”

Worries fuel push to elevate water woes on policy agenda

State House News Service - June 4, 2025

“I’ll be very frank, right, having done this role and for a number of years now … nobody ever wants to pay more taxes. So where would we get $3 billion for this?” Rausch asked.

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