Follow-up Links to Spring Forward: What Beacon Hill Can Do on Energy Affordability webinar

Thank you to everyone who joined last night’s webinar! And if you weren’t able to join, you were missed!

Here is the video:

Vick shared two action alerts and one upcoming event:

From Mass Power Forward: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/earth-month-senate-advocacy-save-mass-save
From Mass Sierra Club: https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/massachusetts
Mass Power Forward Lobby Day on Tuesday, May 12: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgtz5gYP1BszgObkMkmYTeiglFKden3CuJrmljcc—Bpmhw/viewform

Jonathan Cohn

Happy National Library Week! Let’s Rein in Book Bans.

April 20, 2026 / Action Alerts

Happy National Library Week! The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Find Your Joy,” a recognition of the value of libraries in helping individuals of all ages explore,

PM in the News: “Rollins to challenge Hayden for Suffolk DA”

April 17, 2026 / PM in the News

Yawu Miller, “Rollins to challenge Hayden for Suffolk DA,” Dorchester Reporter, April 16, 2026. “Back in 2018, Rollins was able to put together an impressive coalition,” said Jonathan Cohn, political

PM in the News: “Massachusetts’ AI program is more than meets the eye”

April 10, 2026 / PM in the News

Jonathan Gerhardson, “Massachusetts’ AI program is more than meets the eye,” Shoestring, April 8, 2026. The announcement has been met with controversy. State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville), who among elected

Follow-up links & actions to Webinar “Spring Forward: Privacy and Power: Protecting Our Digital Rights and Democracy”

April 10, 2026 / Action Alerts, Events

Thank you so much for joining our webinar on Wednesday “Spring Forward: Privacy and Power: Protecting Our Digital Rights and Democracy”! And thank you to our great speaker, Kade Crockford

FY 2027 Budget Testimony

March 31, 2026 / Testimony

March 31, 2026 Chair Michlewitz, Chair Rodrigues, and Members of the Joint Committee on Ways & Means: My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I am the Policy Director at Progressive

MA Needs Same Day Registration

March 31, 2026 / Testimony

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Chair Friedman, Chair Peisch, and Members of the Special Joint Committee on Ballot Initiative Petitions: My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I am the Policy Director

Let’s Protect Our Commonwealth

March 30, 2026 / Testimony

March 30, 2026 Chair Friedman, Chair Peisch, and members of the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions; My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I am the Policy Director at Progressive

MA House Passes PROTECT Act 134 to 21

March 26, 2026 / Roll Call

Yesterday, the House passed its redraft of the PROTECT Act, the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus’s bill to protect Massachusetts communities from increasingly lawless behavior from ICE. The bill

Take Action: Investing in People, Not Incarceration

March 24, 2026 / Action Alerts

Friday was the first day of spring, and the new season is always a perfect time to think about second chances and new life. As winter passes, we get more

2026 PM Congressional Primary Interviews

March 24, 2026 / Elections

Progressive Mass’s Elections Committee recently hosted public candidate interviews with the US Congressional candidates who filled out our comprehensive policy questionnaire. Check out the interviews here. CD-01: Jeromie Whalen CD-04: