Mike Connolly
@MikeConnollyMA
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State Representative for the 26th Middlesex District in Cambridge and Somerville. Attorney, activist, renter, proud progressive and democratic socialist.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Joined September 2011
Yesterday, I joined with members of the Criminal Justice Reform Caucus to meet with the DOC Commissioner and tour the Women’s Prison in Framingham. During our roundtable with Administration officials, we pressed them on the Governor’s proposal to spend some $360 million on a
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The new Massachusetts law prohibiting tenant-paid broker fees takes effect today — six years after we first introduced this concept as part of the Tenant Protection Act. More information on how the law will work is now up on my State House blog.
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Effective today, a new law enacted as part of the FY26 state budget prohibits landlords and brokers in Massachusetts from requiring tenants to pay broker fees. In other words, from now on, broker...
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RT @Beatlesfab40: The Beatles - Ticket To Ride .Broadcast live from ABC Blackpool Theatre on the programme'Blackpool Night Out', 60 years a….
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This afternoon, I sat on the legislature’s Muncipalities Committee, where we heard testimony on “An Act Enabling Cities and Towns to Stabilize Rents and Protect Tenants.” A Republican legislator introduced a panel of landlords who expressed opposition — here’s my response.
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RT @ProgressiveMass: .@MikeConnollyMA explains that rent control has been around in MA since 1920 with the past three decades the longest p….
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RT @MA_EOHLC: I was proud to join Cambridge officials, @POAHCommunities, @mhphousing, @SenDiDomenico and @MikeConnollyMA last week to celeb….
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The 26th Middlesex District is the ice cream capital of the world! Thank you Christina’s, New City, Tosci’s, et al. for all that you do! 🍦 🍨 ✌🏼
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New England takes pride in the best ice cream shops and Boston is no exception, serving up everything from inventive, small-batch varieties to the classic Hoodsie Cups
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RT @RonMariano: Today, the House passed legislation that builds on Commonwealth’s proud history of preserving and expanding access to repro….
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RT @CambridgeMAFire: I) Mutual Aid Response to Somerville:.Just before 1 pm today, 6 July 2025, Engines 4 & 5, Ladder 1, Squad 4, & Divisio….
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RT @LydiaMEdwards: Our Housing for All Caucus heard several bills from both the House and Senate, each discussing how we can better address….
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RT @ZohranKMamdani: America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it bett….
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Solidarity with Hakeem Jeffries as he holds the floor in resisting the Trump/MAGA big, ugly bill. If passed, this will be another gratuitous bonanza for billionares and big corporations — and an existential crisis for vulnerable folks and state finances here in our Commonwealth.
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RT @RepPressley: I rose on the House floor to try to prevent Republicans from destroying Medicaid and SNAP in Trump's Big, Ugly Bill. They….
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RT @ChuckRocha: Underreported story: Biden/Harris consultants worked for Cuomo and his pac and are currently working for most major Dem Gov….
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RT @MassGovernor: BIG NEWS: I’m getting rid of broker’s fees for renters in Massachusetts 💸. From now on, whoever hired the broker is on th….
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My latest newsletter is out — featuring an update on today’s final vote on the FY26 state budget — and the incredible story of the East End House (and the unfortunate fight between local nonprofits on the effort to save it)
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Founded 1875, the East End House is East Cambridge's only multi-service organization, providing day care, after school programs, a food panty, community meeting space, and robust programming for...
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RT @RonMariano: Today, the Massachusetts Legislature approved a new set of Joint Rules to govern the 2025-2026 legislative session, rules t….
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