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BOSTON — House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state's COVID-19 and vaccination response. Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo. Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage...

House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state's COVID-19 and vaccination response. Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo. She becomes the first female majority leader in Massachusetts. Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Commit...

House Speaker Ron Mariano named state Rep. Kate Hogan to speaker pro tempore, the third highest position in House leadership.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021. OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179) House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consent. “I strongly support a woman’s right to access reproductive health care, and many provisions o...