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...
MetroWest Daily News: Framingham Heart Study has been ongoing for 75 years. They’ve helped everyone live longer
Like many in the city, Judy Daubney's participation in the Framingham Heart Study is a family affair.Daubney grew up in Framingham, and is a third-generation participant. Her grandmother, Rose...
MetroWest Daily News: Framingham charity will receive federal money. How they’re upgrading their facility
Fresh off securing federal funding for several suburban projects, Framingham's congresswoman visited the South Middlesex Opportunity Council's child care center on Monday to speak with...
NBC Boston: Clark calls for Johnson to follow through on Ukraine aid vote as House returns to session
A two-week recess has come to a close for the U.S. House of Representatives.Lawmakers returned to Washington on Tuesday, including Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, who spoke with NBC10 Boston.The...
Boston Globe: President Biden, Governor Healey slam Trump’s abortion stance: ‘Don’t let Donald Trump lie his way out of this’
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, President Biden, and anti-abortion groups on Monday slammed former president Donald Trump's stance that abortion policies should be left to the states,...
yourArlington: MyRWA awarded nearly $1m for green infrastructure projects
The Town of Arlington, in partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), earlier this spring was awarded $959,757 from the United States Environmental Protection...
POLITICO: House Democrats are lending the GOP speaker a hand — and they don’t mind
Speaker Mike Johnson got Democratic help to pass a $78 billion tax bill. He did the same on a bill that could ban TikTok. He did it on three stopgap government spending bills. And he's...
Raw Story: ‘Work until you drop dead’: GOP’s proposed budget takes ax to Social Security, healthcare
The Republican Study Committee has released its proposed 2025 budget which would take an ax to major elements of the social safety net, healthcare system, and civil rights, while affecting...
New Boston Post: Massachusetts Taxpayers Can File Returns Directly With IRS
Residents of Massachusetts can now file their taxes online for free directly with the IRS.Massachusetts is one of 12 states where taxpayers can use a new system, called Direct File, to file their...
Patch: Framingham State Gets Funding For Virtual Simulation Lab
Last week, the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation helped secure $1 million in federal funding to create a state-of-the-art simulation lab in the newly renovated Christa McAuliffe Center for...
HuffPost: Democrats Plan To Put Abortion Front And Center At Biden’s State Of The Union
Democrats plan to put reproductive freedom front and center at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Thursday night.Over 30 Democrats, as well as First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, are bringing...
Roll Call: Biden to renew calls to lower health costs at SOTU
President Joe Biden will call on Congress to allow Medicare to increase its ability to negotiate drug prices and to expand caps on consumer prescription drug costs during his State of the Union...
