PM Joins Broad Coalition of Environmental, Labor, and Community Groups Calling for a Moratorium on New Gas Infrastructure

This week, Progressive Mass joined a coalition of over 100 groups from across the Commonwealth in joint testimony to the House and Senate Committees on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy in support of legislation to put a pause on new gas infrastructure.

House Testimony

Senate Testimony

Jonathan Cohn

Happy Sunshine Week! Let’s Talk about Transparency

March 17, 2025 / Action Alerts, Blog

Happy Sunshine Week! Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government, and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records

The Trump-Musk Administration Is Pulling Climate Funding. MA Should Make Polluters Pay.

March 13, 2025 / Action Alerts

The Donald Trump – Elon Musk administration has been unconstitutionally withdrawing funding for climate initiatives at the state and local level, and Republicans in Congress want to cut such funding

FY 2026 Budget Testimony: Protect Our Essential Services & Invest in Our Future

April 8, 2025 / Testimony

April 8, 2025 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

Hands Off Our Data: Contact Your State Legislators about the Location Shield Act

April 7, 2025 / Action Alerts

This Saturday, thousands of us rallied on the Boston Common and around the state (and the country) to protest the chaos, cruelty, and corruption of the Trump administration — with

Recording + Links (Follow-up to “DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Defending Science and Our Health”)

April 7, 2025 / Events

Thank you so much for joining us on Wednesday for our forum “DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Defending Science and Our Health”! And thank you again to our speakers! Recording

In the Press: MA Senate’s “Response 2025” Doesn’t Meet the Moment

April 2, 2025 / PM in the News

Kelly Garrity, “A Call and a Delayed Response,” Politico, April 2, 2025. “The big announcement fell flat among progressives, who have been urging the Legislature to quickly pass a joint

“Our commonwealth did something rare in recent history: it took away the right to vote from a category of people who were formerly enfranchised. “

April 1, 2025 / Testimony

April 1, 2025 Chair Keenan, Chair Hunt, and Members of the Joint Committee on Election Laws: My name is Jonathan Cohn, and I am the Policy Director at Progressive Massachusetts,

Our Response to “Response 2025”

April 1, 2025 / Blog

Our statement on the MA State Senate’s “Response 2025”: For months, Massachusetts voters have wanted to see our elected officials to be bolder and more proactive in protecting our Commonwealth

Letter to Senate and House Leadership, Rules Conference Committtee

March 25, 2025 / Testimony

The Honorable Karen Spilka The Honorable Ron Mariano The Honorable Michael Moran The Honorable Cynthia Stone Creem The Honorable William Galvin The Honorable Joan Lovely The Honorable David Muradian The

Live Every Week Like Sunshine Week: Transparency Campaign Update & Action Hour

March 24, 2025 / Events

Sunshine Week—the week-long celebration of open government — may have been last week, but we know that it’s important to live every week like Sunshine Week. Join us TOMORROW at