Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q2 2024

by July 2, 2024

This spring, and during the busiest months of the 2023-2024 legislative session, the Roundtable engaged with external partners, the Healey-Driscoll Administration, and the legislature on a variety of issues impacting our members and the state. Through testimony on the budget, economic development, data privacy, and more, to engaging with the State Workforce Board and MassSkills Coalition, the Roundtable helped to…

Competitiveness, Education & Workforce Development, Housing, MBCEE, State Policies, Talent

Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q1 2024

by April 2, 2024

Over the past three months, the Roundtable has been working with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, the legislature, and external partners on some of the biggest issues impacting the Commonwealth. Through our Talent Agenda, we have framed conversations around the types of policy priorities and investments that help attract, retain, develop, and diversify our Commonwealth’s talent pool and pipeline to meet the…

Competitiveness, Education & Workforce Development, Housing, Talent

Black History Month: Reflections from Roundtable Staff

by February 22, 2024

On February 14, in recognition and celebration of Black History Month, Roundtable staff visited the Museum of African American History. This reflective experience involved learning about the history of the abolitionist movement in Boston, the people involved, the community that supported it, and the places where the movement was born. We toured the Abiel Smith School, the state’s first African…

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q3 2023

by October 16, 2023

Over the past three months, the Roundtable’s policy work has been guided by our Talent Agenda, framed by three pillars: Talent Recruitment and Retention; Talent Development; and Talent Diversity. We have engaged on issues around tax relief, in-state tuition for immigrants, early childhood education, pay equity, apprenticeship, MCAS, and more. Below is a short summary of our activities this quarter: Talent…

Competitiveness, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Education & Workforce Development, Energy, State Policies, Talent

Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q1 2023

by April 4, 2023

At the end of 2022, the Roundtable released a policy framework “A Talent Agenda to Drive Massachusetts’ Competitiveness” focused on talent in three pillars: (1) talent recruitment and retention; (2) talent development; and (3) talent diversity. This Talent Agenda, which is the foundation of the Roundtable’s public policy work, was developed based on the insights, ideas and perspective of members…

Competitiveness, Education & Workforce Development, Health Care & Life Sciences, Housing, State Policies, Talent

Roundtable Testifies on FY24 Budget at Ways and Means Committee Hearing

by March 15, 2023

Earlier this week, MBR President and CEO JD Chesloff was invited to testify on an early education and care panel at a Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing to review the House 1 budget filed by the Healey-Driscoll Administration. The invitation-only hearing, focused on the budget provisions relating to education and local aid, was held at the UMass Student…

Competitiveness, Education & Workforce Development, State Policies, Talent