BOSTON - Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark will host a telephone town hall with Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta on Tuesday, April...
Framingham Source: Mass Delegation Ask FEMA to Waive Local Cost-Sharing Requirements for Major Disaster Assistance During COVID-19 Crisis
BOSTON - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08),...
Politico: ‘I do worry about the optics’: Congress struggles to get off the sidelines
Congress is missing.With every level of government consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, the 535 members of the House and Senatehave been relegated to the sidelines, scrounging for relevance while...
WAMC: Members Of Massachusetts House Delegation Push Vote-By-Mail For 2020 Election
Several members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation are calling on the state to have a vote-by-mail law in time for the 2020 election. Congressman Jim...
Bloomberg News: Rep. Katherine Clark Urges Senate on Interim Relief Package
Rep. Katherine Clark, a Massachusetts Democrat, discusses an interim emergency package to support small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on...
Boston Herald: Massachusetts Senate approves bill to lower signature requirements as Supreme Judicial Court hears ballot access case
State senators Thursday voted to lower the signature requirements candidates need to make the ballot in certain races while a bipartisan group of office-seekers asked the Supreme Judicial Court for...
MassLive: Coronavirus: Members of Mass. congressional delegation urge VA to offer verbal recommendations to veterans for medical marijuana
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation have sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow its staff to offer verbal recommendations to veterans on the use of...
Politico: Pandemic scrambles House Democrats’ election-year agenda
House Democrats had one chief goal heading into the 2020 election — expose the starkest gap between their party and the GOP. Now that's been turned on its head.The global coronavirus pandemic that...
WGBH: ‘The Status Quo Is Not Going To Save Us’: Mass. House Delegation Calls For Universal Mail-In Ballots In 2020
Five members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation called on state leaders to pass a universal vote-by-mail law in advance of fall elections during a press conference Thursday."We know the...
Waltham Wicked Local: Rep. Katherine Clark to host Town Hall
At 6 p.m. April 16, Rep. Katherine Clark will host a telephone town hall discussion about how individuals and families can support the mental health needs of themselves and their loved ones during...
Chicago Defender: COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — Even During a Killer Pandemic Trump Tests Positive for Racism
The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, due to the spread of coronavirus disease … endangering Asian American communities," read a...
USA Today: Coronavirus is closing day cares; child care providers worry they may never reopen
MaryLou Beaver loves her job. She's spent her 35-year career teaching and advocating for young children. Today, she directs her own child care center."I'm home," said Beaver, who directs the...
Boston Herald: Claps for Massachusetts medical workers, first responders battling coronavirus
Open your window, stand on your balcony and clap.The rounds of applause for health care workers, first responders and grocery store employees that have echoed through cities across the globe came to...
Marijuana Moment: Congresswoman Wants Ban On DC Marijuana Sales Lifted Through Coronavirus Legislation
A congresswoman is calling on the government to end a policy prohibiting Washington, D.C. from legal marijuana sales, arguing that the jurisdiction is in particular need of tax revenue from cannabis...
Boston Globe: Clark criticizes GOP’s ‘dangerous’ resistance to coronavirus aid package
Representative Katherine Clark of Melrose criticized Republican House leaders Thursday for opposing the coronavirus aid package unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."These are not partisan issues....
Cheddar TV: Dem Rep ‘Very Discouraged’ by GOP Rhetoric on Coronavirus Aid Package
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on an emergency aid package related to the growing coronavirus outbreak, with a focus on relief for employees and protections for...
SAMPAN: Clark, Slotkin, Mckinley, Thompson, Cisneros, Stivers celebrate passage of Veterans Apprenticeship bill
Yesterday, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA-5), Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-08), Congressman David McKinley (R-WV-1), Congressman Glenn Thompson...
WBUR: House Democratic Leadership Lays Out Coronavirus Aid Proposal
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., about the aid package that Democrats are working on in response to coronavirus...
Hudson Wicked Local: Coronavirus reaches Massachusetts: Here’s what we know, latest updates town-by-town
There are 41 Massachusetts residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, COVID-19.Gov. Charlie Baker will hold a briefing Tuesday to update the preventative steps the state is taking...
New York Times: Sesame’s Count Wants to Get Young Children Counted in Census
ORLANDO, Fla. — No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that.The...