Just over a year ago, Henry Manice and Naveen Pawar of Mighty Squirrel brewery were feeling giddy. Having recently opened their massive taproom in Waltham, they were putting the finishing touches on...
WGBH: Members Of Mass. Congressional Delegation Request $100 Million For ‘Community Projects’
The nine Democratic members of the U.S. House from Massachusetts have requested a total of nearly $100 million in federal funding for local projects, ranging from education and human services to...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Includes Framingham In Her 10 Community Funded Submissions
RAMINGHAM - Congresswoman Kathryn Clark has submitted funding requests for 10 community projects in her 5th congressional district to the House Appropriations Committee, including funding for a...
Boston Globe: Biden’s universal preschool plan a ‘game-changer’ for Mass., but final version could look very different
President Biden's proposal for free, high-quality preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds would create powerful change in Massachusetts, one of the nation's most expensive child care markets,...
USA Today: For the first time, 2 women will share the dais with a president during a joint session of Congress. What female lawmakers told us about it
WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, two women will sit behind a president during an address to a joint session of Congress. The historic image during Joe Biden's...
Boston Globe: Will Biden’s first 100 days be his most successful 100 days?
WASHINGTON — President Biden reaches the 100-day mark of his administration on Thursday with much to boast about and even more to worry about.Since taking office, he has presided over a mass...
Boston: Elizabeth Warren and Katherine Clark press Joe Biden to up childcare funding in new plan
President Joe Biden is planning to unveil a new bill next week to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in childcare, paid leave, and education.According to Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine...
19th*: Elizabeth Warren to reintroduce $700 billion universal child care proposal
That investment, far more than what Biden has indicated he will seek, has support from other progressive lawmakers, per a letter shared first with The 19th.Sen. Elizabeth Warren will reintroduce a...
Public Radio of Armenia: Over 100 U.S. House Representatives urge President Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide
A bipartisan group of 106 U.S. House Members today called on President Biden to "clearly and directly recognize the Armenian Genocide" in his upcoming April 24 statement, ending Turkey's foreign...
NBC Boston: ‘George Floyd Should Be Alive Today’: Local Lawmakers React to Chauvin Verdict
New England politicians reacted swiftly on social media Tuesday after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in...
Marijuana Moment: U.S. House Approves Marijuana Banking Bill For Fourth Time, Setting Up Senate Consideration
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to protect banks that service state-legal marijuana businesses from being penalized by federal regulators.After receiving an initial voice...
Wicked Local: Rep. Clark secures $8.8M in funding for Cambridge schools
Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) announced Monday that the American Rescue Plan includes over $8,849,000 for the Cambridge Public School district, a portion of the over $3.1...
The Hill: Child care advocates seek to lock down $25 billion in new federal funding
Early childhood education advocates successfully secured billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief and now are lobbying for child care to stay in the final infrastructure package after President Biden...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Lauds Passage of Workplace Violence Prevention Act
WASHINGTON DC - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) today, April 16, voted in support of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, legislation to...
WBUR: Dams, Bridges And Paid Sick Leave: What The Mass. Delegation Hopes To Insert In Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan lays out his vision of better transit, broadband and more, but it doesn't yet specify which projects could get funded.That's where members...
Medford Patch: U.S. Rep. Clark Tours Medford School, Praises Federal Relief Plan
MEDFORD, MA — Congresswoman Katherine Clark toured the McGlynn Elementary School in Medford Thursday, praising both local and nationwide efforts to get students back in class. Clark highlighted the...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Calls For American Jobs Plan In Response To Commonwealth’s C-Minus Infrastructure Grade
WASHINGTON DC - Today, April 14 Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) highlighted a new fact sheet from the White House that outlines the infrastructure needs in Massachusetts and how they can be...
Revere Journal: Pressley and Clark Secure COBRA Subsidies
Massachusetts Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark, and some of their colleagues, applauded the U.S. Department of Labor's recently-released guidance confirming that striking workers...
Milford Daily News: $16M for Framingham schools
The Framingham Public Schools will get $16 million as part of the American Rescue Plan, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark.The money is part of more than $3.1 billion in emergency...
Boston 25 News: 25 Investigates: Billions in relief aid heading to Mass. schools, how will it be spent
MEDFORD, Mass. — At the McGlynn School in Medford, first graders have wrapped up their first full week back in the classroom. They're all masked up. Desks are surrounded by plexiglass. And students...