Massachusetts lawmakers guarantee access to reproductive health care, medicine abortions
By: Kinga Borondy
BOSTON - The state's political muscle was on display on the steps of the Statehouse Monday when many lawmakers gathered to affirm a woman’s right to access safe, legal and available health care, including medication abortions.
Gov. Mau hand-picked and extremist judges in… Read more »
Lori Trahan, Making Opportunity Count celebrate nearly $6 million in federal funding
By: Shane Rhodes
FITCHBURG — The city’s youngest students — and their parents — just received a significant boost courtesy of U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan.
On Tuesday, Trahan, joined by state Sen. John Cronin, state Rep. Michael Kushmerek, Mayor Stephen DiNatale and several Making Opportunity Count leaders,… Read more »
SEIU Local 888 welcomes Lori Trahan to Lowell Day Nursery
By: Melanie Gilbert
LOWELL — The dozen toddlers in the Blue Room at Lowell Day Nursery didn’t even look up when U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan entered their classroom. They were focused on a morning painting project. But when she knelt down and cooed over their artistic skills, she had their undivided attention, with one ready to hand… Read more »
Lori Trahan secures $2.77M for Afghan refugee work
By: Melanie Gilbert
LOWELL — Over the past two years, almost 500 Afghan asylum seekers have settled in Lowell.
They joined a diverse community of refugees including Cambodian, Haitian, Ukrainian and others who fled their homelands due to war, persecution or human rights abuses, and the Lowell Community Health Center has been… Read more »
Lawmakers seek more federal money for Merrimack River pollution
By: Christian M .Wade
BOSTON — Congressional lawmakers are calling for more federal funding to fix aging outfalls that spew sewage into the Merrimack River and other waterways.
In a letter to legislative budget writers, Massachusetts Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton joined New Hampshire Reps. Chris Pappas and Ann Kuster… Read more »
Congressional hearing highlights challenges of NCAA's strategy of pursuing federal NIL legislation
By: Steve Berkowitz
WASHINGTON – For the first time since Republicans gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 elections, a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday turned its attention to the NCAA’s ongoing issues in dealing with college athletes making money from… Read more »
Dem Lawmaker Slams Republican Who Sent Christmas Cards Holding AR-15 After Nashville School Shooting
During House Floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) spoke about gun violence and slammed Republicans, such as Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who have posed with an AR-15 for a Christmas card.
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State, federal funding sought to repair Lawrence bridges
By: Jill Harmacinski
LAWRENCE — City leaders are going after both state and federal funding to repair the city’s infrastructure, which includes aging bridges.
Mayor Brian DePena, Jorge Jaime, the city’s public works director, city councilors and members of the state house delegation met with U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Westford)… Read more »
Rep. Trahan of Massachusetts recaps TikTok congressional hearing
WESTFORD, Mass. — A Massachusetts congresswoman still has multiple concerns about the social media app TikTok two days after its chief executive officer was grilled by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Lori Trahan, who represents the state's 3rd congressional, was among the U.S. lawmakers who… Read more »
TikTok CEO set for grilling in House hearing. But U.S. lawmakers also face questions
By: Lauren Feiner
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will face a tough crowd Thursday when he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee while his company is on the brink of a potential ban in the U.S.
Although TikTok is in the hot seat, the hearing will also raise existential… Read more »
