On Monday night, Representative Mirra hosted his monthly Gun Violence Working Group meeting at the Haverhill Innovation Hub. On the agenda: gun violence research conducted at Boston University by Dr. Mike Siegel. Dr. Siegel discussed the factors that seem to contribute the most to reducing gun violence, such as universal background checks, and some of […]
Massachusetts Voters for Animals has endorsed Representative Mirra as a community leader who truly cares about animal welfare and is a strong state house advocate for animal protection and the prevention of cruelty. Rep. Mirra has cosponsored several pieces of legislation to protect the welfare of animals in the Commonwealth, including banning ivory and rhino horn […]
Incredibly moving ceremony today to mark the launch of the Massachusetts Sepsis Consortium. We heard from Tina Edwards and her sisters on their personal experience with losing their mother to sepsis in 2015. We heard from a woman who spoke about her own experience as a sepsis survivor, eventually returning to school to become a […]