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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 »

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 »