Senator John Velis

Welcome to my official Senate website! Here you can follow my legislative work in the Massachusetts State Senate, read recent news about our district and Commonwealth, and learn how to get in touch with me.

It is an honor to represent the nine communities of the Hampden and Hampshire District.

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In the News!

December 1, 2023

A 100-year-old West Springfield fountain gets a makeover

(MassLive- Aprell Munford) — The town (West Springfield) is restoring a century-old fountain on the town common as part of...
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December 1, 2023

Regional roadmap seeks to address youth mental health ‘crisis’

(Daily Hampshire Gazette- Maddie Fabien) In response to the youth mental health crisis, as many experts have called it, the...
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November 28, 2023

Hearing Shows Rifts Over Extent Of Gun Regulation Senator: Judge’s Answer On Gun Crime Question “Blew Me Away”

(SHNS- Sam Drysale ) Most lawmakers seem to agree that something needs to be done about so-called "ghost guns" that...
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November 22, 2023

Western Mass. legislator wants Narcan in more Mass. schools

(MassLive- Greta Jochem) — Opioid-overdose deaths hit a statewide peak last year. The crisis is widespread, and that includes affecting youth....
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November 17, 2023

State senator who serves in National Guard sees family shelter crisis from 2 vantage points

(WBUR- Lisa Mullins and Lynn Jolicoeur) About 7,500 families remain in Massachusetts' state-run shelter system — more than 3,800 of...
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November 15, 2023

Should Mass. change ‘right-to-shelter’ law? Lawmakers want to consider it

(MassLive- Luis Fieldman) Massachusetts lawmakers want to establish a commission to study the state’s unique “right-to-shelter” law as rapidly escalating demand over...
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November 15, 2023

Where will Massachusetts emergency shelter funding be allocated?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUG5AMiqrPk (WWLP- Ellen Flemming ) The clock is ticking on a deal to supply the emergency assistance program with necessary funding...
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November 13, 2023

On the frontlines of the shelter crisis

(Politico- Lisa Kashinsky) VELIS’ VIEW — A young boy was wandering around the room at the hotel where John Velis and...
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November 12, 2023

Holyoke Veterans Day event honors few who serve many

(MassLive- Dennis Honhenberger) “A veteran is a person, at some point in their life, who wrote a blank check up...
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November 11, 2023

Hundreds of letters from children delivered to Veterans’ Home

(WWLP- Amy Philips) An annual Veteran’s Day tradition continued in Holyoke on Wednesday. Over a thousand letters from local students...
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