When Progressive Massachusetts hosted its first “lobby day” four years ago, the number of people who showed up fit into a small conference room on the State House’s top floor.
This week, more than 100 people gathered for the grass-roots group’s daylong push on Beacon Hill, imbibing Dunkin’ coffee before fanning out to lawmakers’ offices, gripping checklists of more than a dozen bills on everything from same-day voter registration to reducing greenhouse gases.
