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Veranova breaks ground on Devens expansion DEVENS — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan joined officials at Veranova’s Devens campus Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a planned expansion of the facility to add a new process development laboratory and two “Good Manufacturing Practice” suites. The expansion was first announced last June, and is part of a $50 million investment that will add… Read more »

‘Keep your goddamn hands off of Job Corps’: Lori Trahan, Jim McGovern push against Job Corps cuts DEVENS — Before Zach Shepard joined the Job Corps program, he knew nothing about working with cars. Since he graduated from the federal program in 2013, however, Shepard has made a career in the automotive industry, working his way up from a position as a technician to now being a parts… Read more »

‘It’s truly something that does change lives’: Legislators react to Shriver Job Corps potential closure DEVENS — Harrison was homeless and sleeping in his car before becoming a student at Shriver Job Corps, an opportunity that completely changed the trajectory of his life. The man was one of three Shriver Job Corps graduates who shared their experiences at the June 18 press conference… Read more »

'It is worth fighting for': Legislators protest shuttering of federal Jobs Corps program DEVENS — Two of Massachusetts congressional representatives called on their constituents to raise their voices to protest the scheduled shuttering of the federal Jobs Corps program that offers vocational training to the country’s most vulnerable youth and provides skilled and reliable workers to… Read more »

Democratic lawmakers press USDA for answers on sensitive data collection Democratic lawmakers expressed "deep concern" about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's intent to collect the personal data of tens of millions of federal food assistance recipients and sent Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins detailed questions about the effort in a letter Wednesday. NPR reported last… Read more »

House v. NCAA May Be Settled, but Congress Is Not In the first Congressional hearing since the House v. NCAA settlement was approved, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce convened to debate a Republican-led proposal aimed at granting broad but ill-defined “liability protections” to the NCAA, conferences and schools in an effort to bring greater stability to college… Read more »

Democrats criticize latest effort by Congress to regulate college sports as setback for athletes WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest effort by Congress to regulate college sports generated predictable partisan outrage on Thursday, with Democrats saying Republican-led draft legislation would claw back freedoms won by athletes through years of litigation against the NCAA. Three House committees… Read more »

Congressional lawmakers from Mass. urge reversing course on Job Corps closings BOSTON — The state's entire Congressional delegation pleaded with the U.S secretary of labor to reverse her decision to end federal Job Corps funding, citing the estimated $80 million the three Job Corps centers in Massachusetts contribute to the local economy each year. U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori… Read more »

Mass. Rep. Trahan’s ‘Les Miz’ moment on Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ | Bay State Briefing In the early hours of last Thursday morning, as U.S. House Republicans got ready to send President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” over to the Senate, a Massachusetts lawmaker stepped into the breach, all Henry V-style, to try to stop it. That lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-3rd District,… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Trahan Cites Haverhill Man’s Example as Risk if Feds Cut Medicaid Congresswoman Lori Trahan used the photograph of a Haverhill man Tuesday to put a face on a Republican proposal in the House to cut Medicaid. Trahan shared the story Philip Rosa, son of Haverhill School Committee member Richard J. and Anne Marie Rosa, whose independence and daily care depend on Medicaid-funded… Read more »