Press Room

The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday released a $1.28 billion plan to invest in public education and transportation across the Commonwealth.

The Senate’s proposal supports maintenance of quality public education initiatives; reinforces programs that will grow a more educated workforce; addresses the capital infrastructure needs of the state’s public higher education system; bolsters the state’s transportation infrastructure in a regionally equitable manner; and ensures that the underlying needs of communities are sustainably met.

The exhibit will be open from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Fridays, in Senate President Karen Spilka’s ceremonial office on the third floor of the Massachusetts State House, directly outside the Senate Chamber.

In the face of escalating threats from a hostile federal government and other states, today the Massachusetts Senate released legislation to fortify protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers, patients, and advocates across the Commonwealth.

Building on our past efforts to support genocide education and guard against hate-based attacks, our chambers are each committing $5 million in state funds, $10 million in total, to support the Holocaust Museum Boston, an institution that will serve as a powerful reminder of the atrocities perpetrated because of prejudice, the importance of resisting hate in every form, and the power of democratic institutions to fight back against bigotry and dehumanization.

In 2023 the Massachusetts Legislature passed, and Governor Healey signed into law, a historic tax relief bill aimed at lowering costs for working families, homeowners, renters and the Commonwealth’s seniors, among others. Residents can expect to see the effects of this tax relief package as they file their taxes for tax year 2024.

In response to federal actions under the second Trump Administration that threaten critical programs and institutions, the Massachusetts Senate is launching RESPONSE 2025, a coordinated effort to protect residents, defend the Commonwealth’s values, and lead Massachusetts through a potentially difficult time.

Today, Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka announced that busts of women’s rights leader and presidential advisor Abigail Adams, as well as freedom fighter Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved woman to successfully sue for her freedom in the United States of America, will be commissioned and placed in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber.