Sonia Chang-Diaz in National Public Radio

On Education: Young people shouldn't have to carry decades of student debt

Things like giving every kid a fair and strong chance in life; making it so that we don't all have to sit in traffic for hours on end; making it so that you don't have to worry about going bankrupt if you have a medical emergency in your family; aspiring that young people do not have to carry decades worth of student debt on their backs after working for years to get a degree. These are not radical ideas. Source: WBUR 90.9-NPR on 2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial race Jul 22, 2021

On Energy & Oil: Next-generation roadmap for climate policy

S.9: An Act creating a next-generation roadmap for Massachusetts climate policy.

Summary by WBUR (NPR 90.9-FM) 1/4/2021 : Massachusetts would adopt some of the most aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the country, dial up thousands of more megawatts of cleaner offshore wind power, encourage natural gas utilities to explore other services they could provide in the future, and put an explicit emphasis on helping the most overburdened communities cope with the effects of climate change under a compromise climate policy bill.

Legislative Outcome: Passed Senate 39-1-0 Rollcall #19 on Mar/15/21; State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz voted YES; Passed House 145-14-1 on Mar/18/21; Signed by Governor Charlie Baker on Mar/26/21.

Source: WBUR (NPR 90.9-FM) on Massachusetts voting records: S.9 Mar 15, 2021

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