The American Rescue Plan delivers new savings for hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents through the Health Connector to lower the cost of health insurance. Additionally, the open enrollment period has been extended through July 23rd. To find out more, visit this link. For additional information and to schedule an appointment, visit this link.

Beginning May 22nd, the new schedules for MBTA ferry services will include the resumption of direct Boston service from Charlestown and Hingham as well as the resumption of weekend Hingham/Hull ferry service. In addition, initial service will begin to Logan Airport via the Hingham/Hull line. More information can be found here.

The Spring 2021 schedule, which began April 5th, provides more trains during the middle of day, offers more consistent service options, and is a significant service increase compared to the Winter Schedule that took effect in December 2020.

Responding to rider feedback, weeknight service after 9 p.m. is preserved as part of the schedule change. Bicycles will continue to be permitted on all trains across all lines as part of the Spring 2021 schedule. More details can be found here.

On April 2nd, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $4 million in grant award funding to 298 fire departments from the FY21 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. This program will enable fire departments to purchase a variety of equipment that will make firefighters’ jobs safer, including protective firefighting gear, thermal imaging cameras, radios, rescue equipment, and gear washers and dryers. Congratulations to Cohasset, Hingham and Scituate on successful grant awards. To find out more, visit this link.

On April 29th, Representative Meschino joined her colleagues to pass the House budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), which invests in programs and services across the Commonwealth. This budget responsibly addresses the needs of residents and makes investments that set the state on a path toward economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded at $47.716 billion, the House’s FY22 budget continues its strong commitment to cities and towns, and includes significant investments in education, supportive services for vulnerable populations, and workforce and economic development, among other priorities.

Representative Meschino's bills were recently assigned to committee. Now that each bill is in a committee, hearings will begin to be scheduled for each. You can keep an eye out for hearings by creating a free account in malegislature.gov and following each of Rep. Meschino's bills you are interested in using the starring feature.

To learn more about her priority legislation, click here.