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What Problem Was This Bill Trying to Solve? Human trafficking is a serious crime that often occurs out of public view, making identification and early intervention difficult. Lodging facilities, including hotels, motels, lodging houses, and bed-and-breakfasts, can be locations where trafficking activity occurs, and employees in these settings are often in a position to recognize warning signs.

What Problem Was This Bill Trying to Solve? Retired teachers who continue serving Massachusetts students by working in administrative roles at the Executive Office of Education (EOE) and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) faced inconsistencies in their retirement status and benefits.

“Talking with Tarsky” may have begun as a campaign attempt to keep people informed, but as we were fortunate enough to be elected to represent the fine people of the 13th Norfolk District, “Talking with Tarsky” lives on as our official office newsletter! We’re hopeful that we can utilize this format to update you on what we’ve been up to, both in district and at the State House, and what’s happening in Needham, Dover, and Medfield’s Precincts 1 & 2. Thanks for joining us on

A potential statewide “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phones in schools could get devices out of the classroom by September.

Hundreds of “No Kings” protestors from Needham and beyond filled the sidewalks around the town common on the afternoon of June 14, carrying homemade signs and breaking into frequent chants, all expressing intense disagreement with various policies and actions taken by President Trump in his second term.

Chants echoed through the Town Center Saturday afternoon as an estimated 1,000 people protested the Trump administration in one of many “No Kings” rallies across the country Saturday.