6 key issues to watch on Beacon Hill – GBH News
By Katie Lannan
Thousands of bills will be filed on Beacon Hill this month as state lawmakers kick off their new session. Most will quietly wither away over the course of the next two years, while others — budgets, local matters and likely a few big-ticket policy changes elevated by the top Democrats who set the Legislature’s agenda — will grind their way through the process, onto Gov. Maura Healey’s desk and into the law books.
Here’s a look at some of the major items likely to be part of the debate this term, from labor law to health care costs to access to government…
In the speeches they gave to open the term, Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka all pointed to the challenges families face finding and paying for child care. Healey, specifically, said she wants legislation “to make sure every family pays what they can afford, and that care workers are paid what they deserve.”