Today was a milestone for Alewife Brook. Congresswoman Katherine Clark met at the Brook with Save the Alewife Brook and our state and local delegation to see the sewage, sediment, and flooding...
Boston Globe: ‘An attack on families and kids’: Healey slams Trump’s proposed Head Start changes
Governor Maura Healey criticized the Trump administration’s proposal to scale back regulations for the federally funded Head Start child-care program, calling it “reckless and wrongheaded” on...
Boston Herald: Gov. Healey, Whip Katherine Clark call on Trump to reverse ‘devastating’ proposed overhaul of Head Start program
In reaction to a proposal for a major overhaul to the federal Head Start program by the Trump administration, Gov. Maura Healey and three members of the Massachusetts federal delegation are calling...
Advocate: 179 lawmakers tell SCOTUS not to let taxpayer money-accepting religious preschools reject LGBTQ+ families
The Congressional Equality Caucus said Monday that 179 members of Congress, including 13 senators, had signed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve Colorado’s power to prevent publicly...
WCVB: Democrats hold ‘shadow hearing’ on deadly ICE shooting in Maine
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark and other high-ranking Democrats held a hearing in Maine on Monday about the killing of a man by an Immigration and Customs Enforcementofficer...
The Center Square: House Democrats to hold congressional field hearing on ICE shooting in Maine
U.S. House Democrats will be holding their second field hearing next week to address fatal shootings committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-ME, has...
Common Dreams: New Inflation Numbers Prove ‘Catastrophic Mismanagement of Our Economy’ by Trump
As Americans continue to struggle with the cost of gasoline, groceries, healthcare, housing, and more under President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and economists on Wednesday used his own...
Bloomberg: Affordability is Top Issue for Midterms: Rep. Clark
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) says progressive Abdul Ed-Sayed's win in Michigan is a signal that voters are looking for "fighters" who will stand up for them in Congress. She says she...
MassLive: Healey urges senate to extend Haitian protections, warns of economic, healthcare disruption
Gov. Maura Healey is urging the U.S. Senate to pass legislation extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, warning that a failure to act will severely disrupt the state’s economy and...
MassLive: Mass. lawmakers seek ICE probe after 2 killings; say Maine death wasn’t isolated
Every Democratic member of Massachusetts’ House delegation joined nearly 200 congressional Democrats across the country on Friday to demand independent investigations into the fatal shootings of two...
Malden, Everett, Revere Advocate: CHA Birth Center to reopen on July 6
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north communities, will reopen CHA Birth Center on July 6, 2026, after a six-year hiatus....
The Swellesley Report: $500,000 for climate resilience in Wellesley and Charles River Watershed
Wellesley town officials were joined by U.S. Representative Katherine Clark to celebrate the $500,000 federal earmark she secured to improve the Town of Wellesley’s tree canopy and bolster natural...
NBC Boston: ‘If you’re born in America, you’re American’: Reaction to birthright citizenship ruling
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and other prominent New England Democrats are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to strike down President Donald Trump's executive order limiting...
WBUR: Mass. politicians and immigrant advocates praise Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling
Elected leaders and immigration advocates in Massachusetts applauded the Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship on Tuesday. "It's simple: if you're born in America, you're an...
Cambridge Day: Supreme Court says gov’t can end protections for Haitian and Syrian nationals
The United States Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Mullin v. Doe, which allows the Trump Administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian nationals, was met with dismay by...
The Hill: Democrats condemn ‘cruel and lawless’ Supreme Court decision allowing Trump to end deportation protections
Democrats on Capitol Hill railed against a Supreme Court decision on Thursday that found the Trump administration can strip temporary legal protections from Haitian and Syrian migrants. The Supreme...
Cambridge Health Alliance to reopen birth center after six-year hiatus
CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge Health Alliance will reopen its Birth Center next month, restoring a service that has been unavailable since the facility stopped deliveries at the start of the COVID-19...
USA Today: Trump ballroom soars to $600M, with taxpayers on hook for half: Report
Construction of Donald Trump's White House ballroom is projected to cost $600 million, significantly more than the president has previously said, with taxpayers covering more than half that amount,...
Patch: State Leaders Gather At Malden River As Park Project Draws Closer To Completion
MALDEN, MA — City and state leaders recently gathered at the Malden River to discuss the progress of the riverfront park project that is slated to be completed later this year. The public park,...
Your Arlington: Clark secures $1M for Mystic River Path to Minuteman Bikeway Project design
U.S. Representative Katherine Clark, the Democratic Whip whose district (MA-5) includes Arlington, presented a $1 million check in federal funds for the design of a shared-use path between the...