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Lori Trahan raises alarm about NEA cuts to arts and culture in Lowell LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan is putting up her dukes for Lowell’s theater and festival gems. In a letter sent on Friday to Senior Advisor Mary Anne Carter with the National Endowment of Arts, Trahan “urgently” requested the immediate reversal of the cancelation of $20,000 each in federal grant funding to… Read more »

Trahan Demands Release of Federal Funds for Lowell Folk Festival & Merrimack Repertory Theatre LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) requested the immediate reversal of the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) decision to revoke federal grant funding for the Lowell Festival Foundation, which organizes the Lowell Folk Festival, and the Merrimack… Read more »

‘The very best of a public-private partnership’: King Street Common breaks ground LITTLETON — The groundbreaking ceremony for King Street Common, an expansive, campus-style development by the Lupoli Companies, took place on the site of the former IBM campus located at 550 King St. Monday afternoon. Gov. Maura Healey, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, state Reps. Jamie Eldridge and James… Read more »

Dems look to close the barn door after top DOGE dog has bolted Elon Musk is backing away from his Trump-blessed government gig, but now House Democrats want to see the permission slip that got him in the door. Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a pair of letters to White House Counsel David Warrington and the heads of several government… Read more »

Congress seeks limits on sale of chemical used in suicides BOSTON — Congressional lawmakers are taking steps to restrict consumer access to a commonly available chemical compound that has been used by dozens of young people to kill themselves. The bipartisan bill, filed by U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, would limit the sale of any product with greater than 10 percent sodium nitrite by… Read more »

‘Adding vibrancy to this Main Street’ FITCHBURG — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll paid a visit to the city on Tuesday morning to announce the latest round of Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) tax credits in the amount of $18 million. The two women were joined by state and local officials including Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus, U.S. Rep.… Read more »

Massachusetts gov. calls for the fight for liberty to continue 250 years later: "Our generation's time" Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey called for Americans to continue the fight for liberty as she spoke at a remembrance of the Battle of Concord and the start of the Revolutionary War Saturday, saying "our freedoms are once again under attack." Healey was one of the speakers at the… Read more »

Trahan talks Social Security and Medicaid with local seniors METHUEN — Congresswoman Lori Trahan warned local seniors Thursday morning during a roundtable discussion that Republican-backed cuts to Medicaid and Social Security were a real possibility. Meanwhile, Trahan defended other federal investments that have been maligned and targeted for cuts by the current presidential… Read more »

Lori Trahan reintroduces bill to recognize Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day LOWELL — On the 50th anniversary of the fall of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and the start of one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan (MA-3) and Robert Garcia (CA-42) reintroduced legislation to recognize April 17 as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day. Cambodia fell to… Read more »

Officials break ground on $15 million Boston Road project in Westford WESTFORD — Congresswoman Lori Trahan joined Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Westford officials in her hometown Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony for a $15.6 million multimodal rehabilitation project for the stretch of Boston Road between Interstate 495 and Main Street. The project covers the… Read more »