Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is among the local politicians reacting to news Wednesday that no police officers are facing criminal charges in direct connection to Breonna Taylor's death.While one...
Roll Call: House Democrats’ leadership races reflect coming generational change
Only one House Democrat in the caucus's 14-member elected leadership team is exiting the chamber next year, but that opening has created a competitive race for assistant speaker and cleared...
Refinery29: The House Just Passed A Bill That Could End Natural Hair Discrimination Nationwide
The United States House of Representatives just passed The CROWN Act, which would legally prohibit discrimination based on a Black person's hairstyle or texture nationwide.The House Judiciary...
The Hill: Democratic leaders: Supreme Court fight is about ObamaCare
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday hurled charges that President Trump and Senate Republicans are racing to seat a ninth Supreme Court justice for a virtually singular purpose: to repeal...
WBUR: The Rise Of Katherine Clark: From Small-Town School Board To Contender For Assistant Speaker Of The House
In 2004, a little-known member of the Melrose School Committee ran for state Senate. She lost by double digits.That candidate was Katherine Clark, now a congresswoman and...
Ms. Magazine: The Ms. Back to School Special
With Guests:Randi Weingarten is the president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO; and creator of AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to...
Framingham Source: Senate President, Attorney General, Senator Warren & Congresswoman Clark Release Statements on Late Justice Ginsburg
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, died yesterday, September 18, 2020.Nominated by President Bil Clinton she served on the Supreme Court of the United States from...
NECN: ‘A Fearless Trailblazer’: New England Politicians Remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death swept across the nation Friday night, New England politicians were quick to react on social media, calling the Supreme Court Justice a "hero," a "legal giant"...
Statement from Congresswoman Katherine Clark on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"I am profoundly grateful for the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a hero for women and a warrior for justice. As a student, mother and litigator, she faced and overcame...
Boston.com: Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark urge Charlie Baker in letter to address racial disparities in school discipline
Massachusetts Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark are urging urgent action at both the state and federal level to address the racial inequities and disparities in school discipline,...
Clark, Pressley, Mass. Lawmakers Press Governor Baker and Secretary DeVos on Racial Inequities and Disparities in School Discipline
Discriminatory and Overly Punitive School Discipline Policies Often Criminalize and Push Black and Brown Students Out of SchoolRecent Report Found Black Girls in MA are Disciplined and...
KCENTV: Fort Hood leadership meets with eight members of congress on investigations into recent deaths
FORT HOOD, Texas — Rep. Jackie Speier, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, and a delegation of seven other representatives will hold a press conference Friday after...
Boston.com: Katherine Clark announces candidacy to be assistant House speaker
Rep. Katherine Clark has risen quickly up through the ranks of Democratic leadership during her seven years in Congress.She's looking to move up even higher.Clark announced her candidacy Tuesday to...
Lowell Sun: U.S. House leaders reject $2 trillion compromise plan
BOSTON - Congressional House Democrats said Tuesday that they would remain in Washington as long as it takes to strike a deal for another round of coronavirus relief spending, but a bipartisan...
Vice Chair Clark Announces Candidacy for Assistant Speaker
Clark seeks position to continue uplifting Members, American peopleSeptember 15, 2020- Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, announced her...
Boston Globe: Katherine Clark, who has swiftly climbed the House ranks, will run for assistant speaker
WASHINGTON — Representative Katherine Clark, the Melrose Democrat and the second-highest ranking woman in the party's House leadership, is planning to run for the role of assistant speaker.Clark, a...
MassLive: Direct $1,200 checks to Americans, boosts to small business loans in new $1.5 trillion stimulus bill
A few dozen centrist lawmakers rankled by the collapsed COVID-19 stimulus talks and lack of relief to Americans will try to prod Democratic and Republican leaders and the Trump...
Melrose Patch: Rep. Katherine Clark Makes Move For Top House Position
MELROSE, MA — U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark of Melrose is making moves to ascend the House ladder, announcing her candidacy for assistant speaker.Clark, already an influential Democrat in Washington as...
WBUR: U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark Running For Assistant House Speaker
Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Melrose would move up two slots on the House leadership depth chart if she's successful in her new candidacy for assistant speaker. Clark announced her bid Tuesday...
WWLP: $21M federal funding announced for I-495/I-90 interchange improvements
Washington (Senate.gov) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chairmen Richard E. Neal (MA-01) and James P. McGovern (MA-02), and Representatives Katherine Clark...