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September 26, 2025

Senator Velis donates to aid Mass. Student Trooper Program

(9/26/2025- WWLP) – State Senator John Velis has donated $1,500 to the Massachusetts American Legion to support the Student Trooper...
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September 18, 2025

Sen. Velis renews push to expand state wiretap law

(Daily Hampshire Gazette) State Sen. John Velis is hopeful that a refiled bill to expand and modernize the state’s wiretap...
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September 12, 2025

Springfield remembers 9/11 with unveiling of monument addition, call for unity

(SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN) – Whether it was a 25-year-old Air Force lieutenant escorting passenger planes to safety, a lawyer who signed...
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September 3, 2025

A Phoenix rises: Holyoke unveils new Peck School

(Daily Hampshire Gazette) Camilia Garcia remembers thinking that the school her daughter attended not long ago, the now-demolished William R....
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August 19, 2025

State senators want more direct line between Mass. governor, National Guard chief

(SHNS) While National Guard members from three states head to Washington, D.C. to patrol the capital under the command of...
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August 18, 2025

Velis key in legislation aimed at school phone use

(The Reminder) WESTFIELD — The Massachusetts State Senate has recently passed legislation aimed at limiting students’ access to personal electronic...
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August 11, 2025

Preliminary report receives overwhelming praise from statewide leaders. 

(8/11/2025) Ahead of the 2025-2026 school year, the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism voted on Thursday, August 7, 2025...
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August 11, 2025

Massachusetts becomes 17th state to recognize Agent Orange Awareness Day

WESTFIELD NEWS- Cory Ahonen, the assistant secretary in the Executive Office of Veterans Services, joined state Sen. John Velis and...
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July 27, 2025

Getting Answers: Jul. 27

(WesternMass News) Senator John Velis sat down with WesternMass News' Dave Madsen to discuss pending legislation in the Senate to...
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July 24, 2025

Bar advocate work stoppage yet to affect Hampshire County, but local senator worries it could

BOSTON — Two decades ago, many court-appointed attorneys in Hampden County stopped taking new cases representing indigent defendants to raise...
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