Bipartisan Bill Could Expand Coronavirus Student Loan Relief
By Adam Minsky
A few weeks ago, Congress passed the CARES Act, which suspends interest, payments, and collections on government-held federal student loans. The CARES Act was passed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the associated economic downturn. The payment suspension is automatic and lasts through… Read more »
Trahan announces emergency funding for local colleges
By ROBERT MILLS
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan announced this week that $22.3 million in funding from the federal CARES Act — passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — is heading to colleges in the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Fitchburg, Lowell and Lawrence.
The funds are part of $6 billion being distributed by… Read more »
Lowell General sets up coronavirus field hospital
UMass Lowell Rec Center retrofitted in case of COVID patient overflow
LOWELL – “I’m smiling.”
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan had to point that out at the UMass Lowell Recreation Center, being one of many in the vacant gymnasium Friday morning wearing a protective face mask. It was a necessary precaution to take, one similar to that of Lowell… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Trahan Tells WHAV Listeners Nation Needs More Federal COVID-19 Help
Congresswoman Lori Trahan says the federal government is likely to provide aid above the recently passed $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act—known as CARES for short.
Appearing live over WHAV recently, Trahan said, more financial aid is needed to help people pay for health insurance… Read more »
Labor secretary details skyrocketing claims, new benefits
Trahan hosts conference call on COVID-19 with Sec. Rosalin Acosta
By ROBERT MILLS
Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta told U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and a telephone town hall on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday that unemployment claims statewide went from an average of about 17,000… Read more »
Column: What we owe to our workers
By Congresswoman Lori Trahan
In communities throughout Massachusetts and across America, the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on our health care system, our economy and our everyday lives.
As businesses of all sizes close their doors to help flatten the curve, workers are fighting on the front lines and under immense pressure to deliver emergency… Read more »
Concord Museum gets $400,000 federal grant
Pictured (from left to right): Stephen Crane, Concord Town Manager, Representative Tami Gouveia, Tom Putnam Concord Museum’s Edward W. Kane Executive Director, Anna Rasmussen, Vice-President, Concord MuseumBoard, Congresswoman Lori Trahan, and Senator Michael… Read more »
Trahan holds virtual town hall, reassures constituents amid coronavirus crisis
By Dakota Antelman, Contributing Writer
Marlborough – Congresswoman Lori Trahan sought to reassure and update constituents on Washington’s response to the COVID-19 crisis at a virtual town hall April 14 hosted by the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Drawing roughly 50 attendees mainly from… Read more »
Rep. Lori Trahan recognizes courage of nurse who spoke out about Littleton facility
By Ted Wayman
LITTLETON, Mass. — A Massachusetts congresswoman is recognizing a nurse who spoke out about the conditions at a Littleton facility, which has been accused of negligence during the coronavirus outbreak.
Rep. Lori Trahan, who represents the state's 3rd District, says Maria Krier is a… Read more »
By Nicole DeFeudis
LITTLETON — The Littleton Board of Selectmen and local elected representatives are calling for transparency at Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley (LCC-NV), where 65 residents have tested positive for COVID-19.
Five nursing home patients have died of the virus, all of whom were hospitalized, Life Care announced on Tuesday. Twenty employees have called in sick.
In a… Read more »
