Senator Rausch co-sponsored a bill to prohibit MA public schools from using Native American mascots, logos, and team names. Mentions BR has signed onto the bill.

The Sun Chronicle editorial board supports Senator Rausch's proposal to move the MA state primary to June and how the plan will increase voter turnout.

“Even those who are eligible for a COVID vaccine cannot get an appointment unless they have internet and car access, ample time to spare, literacy in specific languages, and technological proficiency,” Rausch said. “This bill significantly strengthens immunization implementation and infrastructure statewide by advancing racial, economic, and regional equity in vaccination access and outreach.”

Senator Rausch is one of four lawmakers who filed a bill to improve equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines through the appointment of an equity director and creation of mobile vaccination program.

“I cannot shake the question of why it wasn’t done sooner, and why the website is such a disaster,” Rausch said of creating the hotline. “A public outcry from Stockbridge to Boston, and an emergency bill from the Legislature, should not have been necessary to achieve a call center or a vastly better website.”

 “Gov. Baker’s veto of the landmark climate roadmap legislation was inexcusable. He broke a promise to our Commonwealth through willful inaction on environmental justice, endangering our children, our grandchildren, and Massachusetts’ communities of color already facing the pernicious realities of climate injustice.”

"40 percent of eligible MA voters cast mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election," Rausch said in a tweet Tuesday. "Bay Staters want comprehensive election reform. With the MAIL-in Voting Act, I am more committed than ever to advancing equitable access to the ballot box."

Senator Rausch joins the Needham Channel to discuss the recent passage of her racial disparities in maternal health bill.

Lead sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch, a Needham Democrat, said black people giving birth in Massachusetts are twice as likely as white people to die due to complications during and after childbirth. “We cannot allow that to stand, nor can we tackle a problem without understanding the full extent of its impact,” Rausch said in a statement.

As COVID cases in the Attleboro area continue to rise, Senator Rausch and other area officials continue to advocate for the opening of a Stop the Spread testing site in the city.