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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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November 10, 2023

Governor Healey announces legislative package for the welfare of veterans.

(WesternMass News - Maria Wilson)- Days before Veterans Day, Governor Maura Healey announced a sweeping legislative package dedicated to the...
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November 3, 2023

School building costs going down for Holyoke

(Daily Hampshire Gazette- James Pentland) The city is on track to save almost $12 million on its middle school building...
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October 30, 2023

Biden Administration working to support college students amid rise in antisemitic incidents

(Western Mass News - Daniel Santiago) There are concerns about antisemitism since the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month,...
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October 26, 2023

Dormitory at Westfield State University deemed not possible to shelter migrant families

(WWLP- Ashley Shook, Kristina D'Amours) – A vacant dormitory at Westfield State University will no longer be considered to house...
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October 26, 2023

Westfield State University dorm off the table for emergency migrant housing

(MassLive - Stephanie Barry) A vacant student dormitory at Westfield State University is no longer being considered an option for...
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October 25, 2023

Holyoke community program fighting to make opioid consumption sites legal in Massachusetts

(WesternMass News- Glenn Kittle) “When I was only 10 years old, my father was prescribed opioids for treatment after getting...
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October 23, 2023

Mass. Police Association names Sen. John Velis as its legislator of the year

(MassLive- Jonah Snowden)  A speech Sen. John C. Velis, D-Westfield, gave about three years ago helped him recently win the...
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October 18, 2023

Westfield Senior Center opens office suite Wednesday to serve growing clientele

(Westfield News- Hope Tremblay) Renovations to Westfield’s Senior Center will be unveiled Oct. 18, the culmination of six months of...
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October 12, 2023

Housing Shortage Has Deep Roots — And A Wide Impact

(BusinessWest- George O'Brien) Keith Fairey says the housing crisis gripping the region, the state, and many parts of the country...
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September 25, 2023

State lawmakers send letter to Feds for immigrant supports

(22 News WWLP - Ellen Fleming) The Biden Administration made some 470,000 migrants from Venezuela who arrived in the country...
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What I’m up to on Instagram

Did you know that Massachusetts has a support line that young people up to 24 years old can text for peer-to-peer confidential support? Since March of 2022, HeySam has supported over 3,000 young people across our state. Today the Treehouse-Heroes Youth Leadership Program & Arts Integration Studio came to the State House to share an incredibly moving and powerful performance about their experiences of youth in the foster care system. Fantastic afternoon with the Easthampton Council On Aging & Enrichment Center at their Older Adults Housing Forum. Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible Moms out there! Moms and moms-to-be deserve the best,— including the very best mental health care. In recent years the conversation around postpartum depression has really shown how common it is for Moms and moms-to-be to experience these feelings, which are 2x more likely than gestational diabetes, and the importance of #smashingthestigma. I had a blast over at West Springfield Public Library's "Terrific Twos" storytime earlier today where we read "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".

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