Among the questions addressed: What steps are being taken to stimulate the state economy and continue to move us out of the recession? How inevitable is the prospect of casino gambling? What's next on the job front?

In his year as speaker, DeLeo has presided over ground-breaking reforms of the state's ethics laws and pension system, led an effort to reorganize and streamline the state's transportation system, and, most recently, passed a major reform of the state's education system to tackle the stubborn and troubling problem of underperforming schools in the Commonwealth.

His advocacy of casino gaming and his opposition to any new taxes will both be tested in the coming weeks.  As with all guests to Representative Kaufman's forums, he knows that the floor is open to questions on any aspect of state policy or politics, and yours are invited and encouraged.  If you can't attend, e-mail your thoughts/questions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

Open House, Rep. Kaufman's monthly public policy series, was launched in 1995 to pro­vide a forum for discussing the challenges and opportunities facing our community and Commonwealth.  Over its 14 years, Open House has addressed issues ranging from reinventing public education to gay marriage, property tax relief to campaign finance reform, the shrinking middle class to stem cell research, the nature of political leadership to the challenges of effecting fundamental change in a democracy.

In 1997, Open House was awarded the prestigious Beacon Award, cable television's equivalent of an Emmy, as the nation's best government relations series.  The series was also named the best television series by Massachusetts Cable Television Commission. The series is produced through a partnership between Rep. Kaufman and LexMedia, which records the forums for broadcast in Lexington, Arlington and Woburn.