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Boston Globe: MBTA is rethinking service cuts and scraps layoffs after criticism from lawmakers
The MBTA is backtracking on planned budget cuts in the face of criticism from the state's congressional delegation over the agency's decision to reduce service despite recently receiving more than...
Malden Patch: Clark, Delegation Push Commonwealth for Answers on MBTA Cuts
Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) and the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-1), James...
MassTransit Magazine: MA: Massachusetts state, federal lawmakers escalate demands Charlie Baker reverse MBTA cuts
Mar. 18—State and federal lawmakers are escalating demands that the Baker administration walk back a series of sweeping cuts to MBTA service as the state's transit systems are on track to receive...
Boston Globe: Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
This year, I'm giving friends a different sort of birthday present: paper packages of laundry detergent strips, in hopes that they'll stop buying plastic jugs of detergent.It is infuriating to know...
Boston Herald: Massachusetts state, federal lawmakers escalate demands that Charlie Baker reverse MBTA cuts
Lawmakers are escalating demands that the Baker administration walk back a series of sweeping cuts to MBTA service as the state's transit systems are on track to receive another $1 billion in...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Pass 2 Immigration Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, March 18, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark voted to pass H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce...
Ms. Magazine: House Votes to Clear the Way for the ERA in the Constitution: Feminists React
On Wednesday, by a vote of 222-204, the U.S. House passed H.J. Res 17, a bipartisan joint resolution introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) to remove...
Boston Globe: Mass. congressional delegation calls on MBTA to justify service cuts
The Massachusetts congressional delegation on Wednesday called on MBTA officials to justify service cuts amid increased federal transit funding, saying the reductions disproportionately affect...
Clark Advances Online Harassment Prevention Grants in Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the U.S. House of Representatives in voting for the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1620), a...
Clark, Delegation Push Commonwealth for Answers on MBTA Cuts
MALDEN, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) and the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward Markey (D-MA), and...
Asbarez Armenian News: Schiff, Armenian Caucus Leaders Introduce Legislation Demanding Azerbaijan’s Release of Armenian POWs
Bi-Partisan Measure Launched with Support of Over 30 U.S. House Members; ANCA Continues Campaign to Rally Support for Speedy PassageWASHINGTON—More than 30 U.S. Representatives joined House...
The Belmontonian: Belmont To Receive $8.6M From American Rescue Plan … With COVID Strings Attached
Not only will most Belmont residents receive a $1,400 check from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden on March 11, but their Town of Homes is also set...
Milford Daily News: Rep. Clark is standing up for our health
Recently, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the 2020 National Environmental Scorecard, with our Representative Katherine Clark earning a top score of 100 percent. We're lucky to...
WWLP: Clark aims to build child care into infrastructure debate
BOSTON (SHNS) - The ink is barely dry on a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for Massachusetts child care providers, but U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark says the...
Boston Patch: MA Faces Math Problem In Bringing Students, Teachers Back
MASSACHUSETTS — State officials have adopted the full-steam-ahead approach to getting students back in class, plowing through teachers' objections and shrugging at a vaccination timeline that...
Boston Globe: With stimulus, federal government makes a massive investment in child care
Child-care providers, whose shoestring survival has been tested by the pandemic conditions of the past year, are not only getting a belated lifeline from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue...
CBS Boston: Funding Childcare Industry ‘Fundamental To Our Economy,’ Rep. Clark Says
BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark, the assistant speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said she believes it is "fundamental to our economy" that financial support is provided...
Yahoo News: Keller @ Large: Rep. Katherine Clark On Critical Need To Support Childcare Industry
WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller talks to Assistant Speaker of U.S. House Katherine Clark.Video TranscriptJON KELLER: Welcome back to our conversation with Congresswoman Katherine Clark. She...
Boston News: Rep. Katherine Clark agrees with Rachel Maddow, says: ‘Blame the rollout’
On Thursday, MSNBC host and Massachusetts resident Rachel Maddow took to Twitter to rebuke Gov. Charlie Baker's rebuke of local teacher union officials' requests regarding...
