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The SEC and Big Ten are teaming up. What does it mean for college sports?   The SEC-Big Ten Advisory Group doesn’t have much of a ring to it. But as of Friday afternoon, the two mega conferences are formally, seriously, really teaming up to figure out the future of college sports, starting ... right now? The board, when constructed, is expected to include… Read more »

Meet Lori Trahan (MA): College Athletes’ Best Friend in the House of Representatives Lori Trahan was a college athlete. Before she was elected to the House of Representatives, she became the first in her family to graduate from college, which was in part made possible by a scholarship to play Division 1 volleyball at Georgetown University.  Early in her career, Trahan worked for… Read more »

Gardner Airport cuts ribbon on $5M reopening A delegation of federal, state and local officials met Tuesday to celebrate the reopening of the Gardner Municipal Airport, following a renovation of the facility supported by more than $5 million in federal funds. Federal funds were used by the airport, which is owned by the City of Gardner but located in neighboring Templeton, to make… Read more »

With college sports at a critical juncture, is 'Project DI' the answer? 'Everything is on the table' WASHINGTON — On Dec. 5, NCAA president Charlie Baker unveiled a somewhat radical proposal to modernize the college athletics model in an unprecedented way, recommending direct pay to athletes and the creation of a new subdivision. The college athletics world reacted to Project DI in a… Read more »

Middlesex Restoration Center Commission awards crisis diversion pilot to Vinfen LOWELL — In 2018, the Middlesex Restoration Center Commission started work around a compassionate premise, built on science-based practices, that people suffering from mental illness or substance abuse disorders needed a different approach to the incarceration and hospitalization model that had proved to be… Read more »

A college QB testified about NIL. He says Congress is missing the point. Chase Griffin heard the question over and over Thursday: What policies should Congress consider to regulate college sports’ name, image and likeness (NIL) market? And no matter where he was on Capitol Hill — in a representative’s office, in a hallway, in the middle of testifying in the 11th congressional hearing on… Read more »

Rep. Lori Trahan Visits Greater Lowell Technical High School To Congratulate Winner of Congressional App Challenge  TYNGSBOROUGH – Superintendent Jill Davis is pleased to share that Greater Lowell Technical School hosted U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan on Tuesday as Rep. Trahan visited to congratulate the winner of the Congressional App Challenge — junior Madisyn Koza.  The… Read more »

Lori Trahan’s 2023 Third District report card LOWELL — It’s been a very good year for U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, but it was probably an even better one for her mother, Linda Loureiro. Trahan invited her mom to the White House Holiday Ball in early December. Despite Trahan being elected to Congress in 2019, this was Loureiro’s first trip to the nation’s capitol with her daughter. The Lowell… Read more »

Lori Trahan applauds return of stolen Cambodian artifacts LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s relentless campaign to hold New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest and most prestigious art museums in the world, accountable for its collection of allegedly looted art from Cambodia paid off when the museum voluntarily agreed to the return of 13 Khmer… Read more »

U.S. House Advances Relief That Would Aid Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, with offices in Haverhill, Methuen and Lawrence, is among community health centers nationwide that could enjoy continued and expanded federal aid if legislation approved by the U.S. House becomes law. Congresswoman Lori Trahan a member of the House Energy and… Read more »