This commentary is written as a letter to Gov.-elect Maura Healey. WE JOIN THE CHORUS of leaders across the Commonwealth in congratulating you on your historic election victory. As you prepare to take office, we are thrilled by your administration’s ambitious plans to fight climate change and protect nature. We applaud your focus on climate […]
Deb Markowitz
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ARPA money needed for nature, open space
LAST FALL, the Massachusetts Legislature invested $4 billion of state and federal funds in a COVID recovery. The lawmakers’ priorities – support for essential workers, investments in housing and healthcare systems, and initiatives in education and workforce development – are laudable and at the time were truly necessary and addressing them was time-sensitive. And yet, […]