Editor's Note: The following is the prepared text of the speech Leah Cole Allen, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, delivered to delegates at the Massachusetts Republican State Convention in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Jenni Bergal
An estimated 7,485 pedestrians in the United States were struck and killed by drivers in 2021 — the largest number in four decades, a new report has found.
