In the News

Reaction as Steward goes belly-up As news of Steward Health Care’s pre-dawn bankruptcy filing emerged Monday, reaction came in from around the state. Here is a sampling, edited for brevity. “While the company says that it does not expect this development to affect its day-to-day operations, patients and the health care workforce deserve assurance that every effort is being made to… Read more »

Keller: Second attempt to remove House Speaker in less than a year seems doomed to fail BOSTON - The Republican congresswoman who wants to force out House Speaker Mike Johnson says she's ready to make her move. But the second effort to remove a speaker this year seems doomed to fail now that Democrats have said they'll kill it. "The Chock Full O'Nuts caucus"  "'Pro-life' Mike… Read more »

Trahan announces $3 million in Head Start funding for Making Opportunity Count in Fitchburg FITCHBURG – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $3,052,650 in federal Head Start funding for Making Opportunity Count in Fitchburg. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start. “Every child in this country, regardless of their… Read more »

Mass. delegation flags new concerns over Steward-Optum deal BOSTON — Nearly every member of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation signed onto a letter sent Friday to the heads of Steward Health Care, UnitedHealth Group and Optum Health casting serious skepticism that Optum’s purchase of the floundering Steward’s physician network will benefit the Bay State. A slew of state and… Read more »

Lori Trahan introduces bill to remember Cambodian genocide LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, with U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, introduced legislation designating April 17, 2025, as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day. The date is the 50th anniversary of the day the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, and marked the beginning of the Cambodian genocide. “By… Read more »

Lori Trahan delivers more funding to 3rd District projects LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was back in Lowell on Tuesday to deliver more federal funding to programs improving the lives of residents in the 3rd Congressional District and beyond. The congresswoman visited the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell to announce nearly $1.2 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure… Read more »

Lawmakers defend VA's expansion of IVF services BOSTON — Members of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation are defending the Biden administration’s decision to expand in-vitro fertilization services to unmarried and same-sex veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded access to in-vitro fertilization, saying that eligible unmarried veterans and veterans in… Read more »

Trahan tours cancer center to see new mammography equipment FITCHBURG – Tuesday, March 26, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia and State Rep. Mike Kushmerek to tour UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Fitchburg Campus Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center where… Read more »

Trahan celebrates federal funds for LUK LOWELL – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was recently joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia to highlight $5,665,706 in federal funding awarded to LUK, Inc. to improve mental and behavioral health services in Fitchburg. “The mental health crisis has impacted every… Read more »

Trahan makes a play for more migrant aid FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: TRAHAN’S ASK — House Republicans won’t pass the bipartisan border deal that would send more money to states and cities sheltering migrants, so Rep. Lori Trahan is trying a different tactic to secure the funding. Trahan and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) are urging lawmakers negotiating the federal Homeland Security budget to… Read more »