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.

"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).

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.

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.

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.

“Doxing is a hateful act that goes far beyond violating one’s privacy,” said sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch, D-Needham.

School bus electrification: Senator Creem’s Act promoting access to zero-emission school buses (Bill S.2099) and Senator Rausch’s An Act establishing a zero-emission school buses grant program (Bill S.2288) both of which direct the state to set up programs to help accelerate electric school bus adoption.

"Simply put," Rausch told lawmakers and staff, "Hey Sam is saving young people's lives."

Sen. Becca Rausch lauded the program’s “truly phenomenal success rates” at a briefing Tuesday.

Proposed FY24 budget invests in MEMA’s emergency preparedness efforts; Supports state and local response and recovery operations