Rat poison is dangerous. Let’s do something about it.

Rat poison can do serious harm to local wildlife like owls and hawks. MassAudubon and MSPCA brought advocates — and even some gorgeous owls — to the State House. People turned out from every town in my district to push for a bill that limits the use of damaging rodenticides. I’m with them.

Good Trouble

Waltham residents turned out and stirred up some “Good Trouble” as they protested the callous actions of ICE and Trump. ICE’s tactics were meant to scare us. This worked, for a while. But now we’re organizing.

MIT professors are pushing for new policy ideas

Thank you, MIT, for driving climate and transportation policy innovation in Massachusetts. Joining me at the State Senate rostrum after testifying on behalf of my “vehicle miles traveled” funding reform they conceived were Gib Metcalf, Visiting Professor of Economics; Bethany Patten, Executive Director of the MIT Climate Policy Center; and Chris Knittel, George P. Schultz Professor of Applied Economics and Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR).

Senator Barrett stands in the Senate chamber with Gib Metcalf, Bethany Patten, and Chris Knittel