Experts have long worried that patients’ quality of care can suffer depending on the number of nurses on the job. But, is it best to legally limit how many patients one nurse can care for or to allow nurse staffing assignments to adjust as need and circumstances arise? That’s what Massachusetts voters will decide when they cast a ballot for Ballot Question One-- Later in the show, advocates for a distracted driving bill make the case for hands free, and hoping to the state’s legislative clock to stop distracted driving.

Emily Stein is President of Safe Roads Alliance

And Alyson Lowell is the mother of Gabriella Lowell who-just last month-- was struck and killed by a driver on his cell phone.