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Trahan: 50K homes eligible for cheaper broadband LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan highlighted enhanced broadband access in the 3rd District last week as a result of the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure. Rep. Trahan, a member of the Regional Leadership Council, published a report from the Regional Leadership Council that details the savings families in the 3rd… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Trahan, Local and State Officials to Celebrate Federal Help for Reuse of Former CREST School Congresswoman Lori Trahan is expected to join Methuen officials this afternoon to celebrate receipt of $8.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money and $2.9 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund money for a new Methuen pre-kindergarten… Read more »

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $65 Million in Community Development Block Grants in Gardner   GARDNER – Today, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Edward Augustus Jr. joined Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson, members of the local legislative delegation, and municipal leaders from across the state to… Read more »

Congresswoman details insulin cost savings across district By Sophie Hauck BOSTON (SHNS) – Thousands of diabetics in Massachusetts are paying less for their insulin this year, and U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s office this week detailed exactly how much residents of the Third Congressional District are saving thanks to provisions in two new federal laws. The Inflation Reduction Act, which… Read more »

Here’s what the IRA did for Massachusetts in the past year By MIA MCCARTHY and KELLY GARRITY HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRA — The Inflation Reduction Act turned 1 yesterday, marking a year since the major climate legislation was signed into law. Now, Democrats are in full-on sales mode — promoting one of the Biden administration’s signature accomplishments ahead of his reelection bid next… Read more »

Lawmakers introduce bill addressing international athletes, NIL Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., have introduced a bill that would allow international college athletes to market their Name, Image and Likeness without losing their F-1 student visa status. Key Points: Most international student athletes are in the United States on F-1 student visas, which… Read more »

House bill would direct Consumer Product Safety Commission to explore AI By Dave Kovaleski A bipartisan group of legislators introduced legislation last week that would direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their work through a pilot program. Specifically, the Consumer Safety Technology Act (H.R. 4814) directs the Consumer… Read more »

A river – and $21.4 million – runs through it By Melanie Gilbert  LOWELL — There’s the Merrimack River, and then there’s the river of money that is about to flow through Lowell in the coming years thanks to federal and local partnerships that secured millions of dollars for the city’s bridges. On Monday, the federal delegation of Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and U.S.… Read more »

Lowell receives $21M in federal funding to upgrade city bridges By John Moroney  A multi-million dollar upgrade is in the works for a series of old bridges in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts - helping to reinvigorate the city’s historic canal district.  ”This is really reinvesting in communities like Lowell. Mill city towns. We’ve allowed some of these bridges to go on a… Read more »

Trahan: ‘He spearheaded the effort to overturn the will of the people’ By Christian M. Wade BOSTON — Members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation are reacting to the third indictment of former President Donald Trump over his actions leading up to and during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner for the 2024… Read more »