Ask your State Rep's and Senator why their peers can't make a deal

This has gone on to long. Distracted driving is killing innocent people and everyone knows it, including our Reps and Senators, but for some unexplained reason, they just can't get their collective act together and get this done. So the next time you run into any of the three that represent the Ham on the Hill, ask them why they can't get something done about distracted drivers and education funding. Left for later: Lawmakers bolt for summer without education-funding deal The summer legislative session is now over with lawmakers leaving one big item on the table: A comprehensive education funding deal. Shira Schoenberg at MassLive has the details, or lack thereof. SHNS Chris Lisinski and Katie Lannan (pay wall) report that education activists are not happy. Meanwhile, Schoenberg also reports that the House did pass House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s child-wellness bill yesterday. And CommonWealth magazine’s Bruce Mohl reports on last-minute action on price caps for offshore wind farms.   MassLive

Left for later, Part II: Lawmakers fail to pass distracted-driving bill One other major item that was left on the legislative table yesterday, from SHNS’s Chris Lisinski: “House and Senate Democrats failed to reach a compromise on long-discussed distracted driving legislation after a marathon session Wednesday, abandoning the issue about four hours after Senate President Karen Spilka said a resolution appeared imminent.”