BOSTON (WWLP) - This week at the State House in Boston, lawmakers split their time between budget matters and federal issues and hearing from advocates from their communities. Lawmakers came together early in the week to commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility, at a time when the presidential a dministration is targeting transgender people via executive orders. "We are seeing a hateful effort to erase trans people from public life. These are coordinated and deliberated attacks," said Provincetown Senator Julian Cyr. The state senate announced a targeted response plan to Trump's federal actions, called Response 2025, that tasks a pre-existing committee with speaking to other senators and putting forth bills. "We know how to do this, we know how to get together, get the best ideas surfaced, move as quickly as we must do to meet the acute challenges of this time," said Northampton Senator Jo Comerford. The committee in charge of response is already meant to speak with senators and pitch bills, but the Senate president says naming Trump as a priority will allow a faster and more targeted approach. On Thursday, youth advocates took to Beacon Hill to speak out against the influence of nicotine and tobacco on their communities. "We all have power. No matter who we are, what we look like, or where we come from, we will always have the power of our voices, our minds, and of each other," said Hopkinton High School senior Neha Ninan. Also this week, Governor Healey filed a $756 million supplemental budget meant to provide urgent relief to some state-sponsored services, like food access, housing, and child care. The supplemental budget will need to pass the House and Senate before being implemented, and it is expected to cost the state about $545 million. Local News Headlines Students in New England compete in robotics championship at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield New Gray House director focuses on community engagement and funding State House Spotlight: Community advocates and addressing federal issues New tariffs expected to have pros and cons in western Massachusetts WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com. ...read more read less