Robyn Kennedy

Makes large global mega-corporations pay the state’s existing corporate tax rate on a higher share of the excess profits they conceal in offshore tax havens

Ends state takeovers of public schools/districts, establishes a commission to shape the future of student assessments, and curbs the privatization of public education

Makes a technical fix to the state education funding formula so that state funding to public school districts keeps pace with inflation over time

Creates a higher education system where every Massachusetts resident has a right to attend any public college or university free of tuition and fees

Enables cities and towns to levy a modest fee on high-end residential and commercial real estate transactions to create dedicated funding for affordable housing

Enables cities and towns to pass rent stabilization ordinances to fight displacement

Enables cities and towns to give tenants the right of first refusal to purchase a building when the owner puts it up for sale

Establishes a single payer system, in which the state provides health care to all residents as a right

End the automatic prosecution of older adolescents as adults by gradually shifting 18- to 20-year-olds into the juvenile justice system

Creates an automated system in Massachusetts to seal criminal records as soon as people are eligible

Enacts a five-year pause on new prison and jail construction in order to provide time to develop more effective, community-based approaches to public safety

Limits local and state police collaboration with federal immigration agents, bars law enforcement and court personnel from inquiring about immigration status, protects access to justice in our courts, and ensures due process protections

Creates a funded program for legal defense of immigrants facing deportation proceedings, especially those in federal detention

Eliminates arbitrary, unnecessary restrictions on visitation rights in prisons and jails

Prohibits companies from selling cell phone location data

Ensures that public and school libraries can offer diverse and inclusive books, media, and materials without political interference

Sets standards of accuracy and comprehensiveness in public school instruction for all students to learn about the histories, experiences, perspectives, heritages, and cultures of all Americans

Prevents the expansion of gas infrastructure near Environmental Justice communities and requires gas companies and the Commonwealth to undergo planning for a just transition to green energy

Requires major polluters to pay a fee based on historic emissions to pay for the costs of climate resilience

Enables eligible citizens to register to vote at the polls, eliminating the arbitrary 10-day voter registration window

Ends the use of the municipal census to remove voters from the active voter lists

Promotes transparency in state government by removing the Governor’s exemption from public records law, requiring committee votes and legislative testimony to be public, and requiring 2 weeks notice for legislative hearings