STATEHOUSE ROUNDUP: Riding shotgun
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
Kids, grandkids, neighbors. Strangers online. Suddenly everyone this week was craving a little quality time with the older and wiser among us, looking to get out of the house and go for a drive . maybe to Gillette Stadium, or the Eastfield Mall.
The sudden popularity of the so-called Silent Generation had to do with Gov. Charlie Baker s new policy on vaccinating the 75-and-older cohort. Beginning Thursday, Baker said that anyone who accompanied an eligible senior citizen to a state-run vaccination site could get the shot as well, regardless of their age or health.
Matt Murphy
State House News Service
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, Feb. 11, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Among the new leadership team is Rep. Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown, who represents the Fourth Barnstable District, consisting of Brewster s Precinct 3, Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet. Peake was a member of the Provincetown Select Board from 2002 to 2007. She was elected to the House in 2007.
House Speaker Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.
House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo. She becomes the first female majority leader in Massachusetts.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.