Asian American seniors play ping pong five times a week at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist church. Another group gathers Monday nights to dance at the Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy....
Boston Globe: Representative Katherine Clark unveils childcare push at business event in Cambridge
After failing to move a GOP-led Congress last year to reup federal assistance for childcare centers, US Representative Katherine Clark is turning to the business community for help in making her...
Washington Post: As co-rulers of the House, the Democratic majority-in-waiting may have already arrived
When House Democrats narrowly lost their majority in 2022, they did not expect to be the party that saved a Republican speaker from banishment.But in the topsy-turvy world of today's House,...
Boston Magazine: 150 Most Influential Bostonians
Forget the past—the pandemic is over, and Boston is shuttling toward the future. So who's steering the ship in this brave new world? Buckle up, because influence is shifting. Today and in the...
8 News Now: ‘Strolling Thunder’ urges lawmakers to prioritize childcare
These parents are usually fighting to get their kids to take a nap. But instead, they're taking the fight to Congress, in an event they call Strolling Thunder."We really want you to think babies,"...
NBC: House Democratic leaders say they would help save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job
House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday that they would vote to help save Speaker Mike Johnson if far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., moves to oust him."From the...
Orlando Sentinel: Rep. Frost meets with Orlando leaders, gun violence survivors to discuss intervention program
Orlando's leaders and gun violence survivors met Wednesday with Congressman Maxwell Frost to discuss the city's Community Violence Intervention program — and the promise it's shown to reduce...
The Grio: Members of Congress ‘saddened’ by the death of New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr.
Members of Congress are devastated by the passing of their colleague U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., who died on Wednesday at the age of 65. Payne's death comes after he had been...
WESH: Local, state leaders hear from gun violence victims and crime intervention program at roundtable
An Orlando program that helps at-risk youth needs more money to keep saving lives and preventing violence.The city of Orlando recently voted to expand the Community Violence Intervention program,...
Boston University: Big Celebration for Framingham Heart Study’s 75 Years of Groundbreaking Research
On April 8, study participants, researchers, local, state and federal officials celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Framingham Heart Study, the longest running cohort study in biomedical...
GBH: Would Rep. Katherine Clark vote to oust Speaker Johnson? ‘One step at a time,’ she says
A long-delayed foreign aid package passed the house this weekend, largely due to a bipartisan vote by Democratic lawmakers. Now it's headed to the Senate. Massachusetts Congresswoman and House...
AP: House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow
House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and...
Boston Herald: Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary has Massachusetts congresswomen calling for equal pay
College basketball phenom Caitlin Clark's starting salary in the WNBA has caught the eye of two Bay State congresswomen who are calling for the dismantling of the "gender pay gap."Clark, the...
MassLive: The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel; What Mass. lawmakers said
The U.S. House on Saturday was swiftly pushing through a series of votes in a rare weekend session aimed toward approving a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S....
The Hill: Dem leaders embrace Johnson’s Ukraine strategy, but want policy details
House Democratic leaders said Tuesday that they're ready to embrace Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) strategy of splitting an emergency foreign aid package into targeted pieces, but first...
Roll Call: Lifeline for foreign aid package, speaker’s job up to Democrats
The fate of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as Speaker Mike Johnson's job appears to be in the hands of House Democrats, as Johnson aims to pass billions of dollars to support...
BU Today: Framingham Heart Study: 75 Years of Lifesaving Research
The Framingham Heart Study celebrated a belated 75th anniversary April 8, drawing study participants from around the country, local and national politicians, and representatives from Boston...
Boston Herald: ‘Gun show loophole’ rule that will outlaw ‘virtually all private’ gun sales announced
It's been a quarter of a century since the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado brought the "gun show loophole" into popular discourse, and the Biden Administration has just announced...
Common Dreams: Advocates ‘Elated’ as Biden DOJ Closes Gun Show Loophole
The White House on Thursday honored "the will of the vast majority of the American people," one Democratic lawmaker said, as President Joe Biden announced a final rule closing a loophole that has...
MassLive: Mass. pols: Boston Logan Airport on runway for $22M in federal cash
An injection of more than $22 million in federal infrastructure law money will pay for "much-needed" infrastructure improvements at Boston Logan International Airport, a cadre of the Bay State's...