By State House News Service
January 7, 2021
State House News Service
Members of the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, joined by municipal officials, marched down Joy Street on June 2 from the historical African Meeting House to the front steps of the State House, where Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (second from left) and Rep. Russell Holmes (center) helped outline a policy agenda to prevent police brutality. Sam Doran/SHNS photo
Let’s face it. There’s not much suspense over last year’s top story. Without officially giving it away, it arrived like an unwelcome visitor in early March and has refused to leave since, touching every part of daily life in Massachusetts, and overtaking its politics.