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Food assistance programs starved by fed funding cuts LOWELL — The gulf between the haves and the have-nots just got a whole lot wider thanks to $1 billion in cuts made earlier this month by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to food assistance programs like the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. The Trump administration cut $500 million in funding from the Local Food… Read more »

Lori Trahan visits Incompass Human Services, highlights critical role of Medicaid funding CHELMSFORD — Congresswoman Lori Trahan toured Incompass Human Services on Thursday, meeting with families, staff, and advocates to underscore the critical importance of Medicaid funding in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Incompass, which serves approximately… Read more »

DOGE cuts and freezes are severely impacting Massachusetts, Rep. Trahan says Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan said the phones have been ringing off the hook at her offices as constituents react to the service cuts and freezes instituted by the Trump administration via Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE. Thousands of calls from… Read more »

Trahan promises action at Methuen town hall METHUEN — Voters asked for some fight from 3rd District Congresswoman Lori Trahan during a feisty but civil town hall Thursday night. Trahan, a Lowell native, promised to not wait until the next presidential election or even the midterms to fight back during the event at Tenney Grammar School. Her constituents asked Trahan to counter any… Read more »

Local school officials discuss impact of dismantling US Dept. of Ed FITCHBURG — The feedback provided at the roundtable discussion held at Monty Tech on Friday morning was clear — dismantling the U.S. Department of Education would wreak havoc on schools and students in North Central Mass. in many tangible ways. And the discussion couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time — not even… Read more »

Concerns about DOGE’s data grab fuel push to update privacy law   Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), co-chair of the Policy and Communications Committee, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol after a weekly caucus meeting on May 22, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)   Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts) today will announce a push to update a… Read more »

Trahan seeks overhaul of federal privacy law BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan is leading a push in Congress to close loopholes in a half-century-old federal privacy law that critics say has allowed the Trump administration to “weaponize” the personal financial data of tens of millions of Americans. Trahan, D-Westford, on Tuesday released an open “request for information” letter to civil… Read more »

TL;DR: Mass. Rep. Trahan backs bill simplifying those lengthy online TOS agreements So you’ve just downloaded an app or enrolled in a streaming service. You know what comes next: A whole mess of complicated legalese and a little box at the end, that you click, acknowledging that you’ve read it all. But ... come on ... did you? Really? If you’re among the countless Americans who skip to… Read more »

Trahan, Moulton Tell Local Business Audience Trump Tactics Should Worry Both Parties Congressional Reps. Seth Moulton and Lori Trahan, both Democrats, argued the Trump administration’s slashing of already-approved Congressional spending in the name of fraud, waste and abuse; illegal layoffs of federal employees; and an unprovoked verbal attack on the president of Ukraine by the president… Read more »

‘This is the stuff that keeps me up at night’ LOWELL — While the country waits for a final say on the validity of President Donald Trump’s attempted federal funding freeze, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan held a roundtable discussion Tuesday with local and nonprofit leaders to discuss the impact of the potential freeze on local food assistance programs. Trahan was joined by officials from… Read more »