Senator Mark Montigny

In a letter to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Sen. Mark Montigny renewed his call for swift action to curb prescription drug price gouging.

House Speaker Rober DeLeo says a bill to ban handheld cell phone use while driving will come up for a vote this session.

Senator Montigny's bill would ban conversion therapy and require doctors, teachers, and other "mandated reporters" to report cases to the Department of Children and Families.

The New Bedford Democrat lobbied the Office of Public Safety after talking with Chief Cordeiro.

The grant will be used to protect a 58-acre wooded parcel off High Hill Road.

Sen. Montigny took his case directly to Senate President Spilka, urging her to help advance legislation ensuring benefits to workers locked out by employers.

Senator Montigny has filed legislation to authorize retired New Bedford police officers to serve as special officers that would fill detail work vacancies.

Bernadette Souza, a longtime advocate for children in New Bedford, was honored as an Unsung Heroine.

Sen. Mark Montigny secured bipartisan legislation today to ensure protections for commercial fishing prior to any future increased offshore wind procurement.

BOSTON — Senator Mark Montigny has announced that New Bedford has been awarded $10,000 from the Division of Marine Fisheries' Seafood Marketing Pilot Grant Program.
The grant is being present to the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission for "Moveable Feast: Cultivating New Mar…