U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloss shared views on vaccine policy decisions by RFK Jr., praised community health center cost-effectiveness on August 6, and described his address at a legislative summit about youth digital habits on August 9
According to data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, employers classified under the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector in Massachusetts filed 149 H-2A petitions for temporary agricultural workers…
NHTSA’s Letter Undermines Will of Massachusetts Voters and Biden Administration’s Competition Policy
On June 16, on World Sea Turtle Day, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced the reintroduction of the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act, bipartisan and bicameral…
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 14 colleagues today, led by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, in a letter to Environmental…
Online Retailer Misled Customers with Hard-to-cancel Subscription Program
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, released the following statement today in anticipation of Juneteenth, and in celebration of the second anniversary of Juneteenth’s…
NHTSA’s Letter Undermines Will of Massachusetts Voters and Biden Administration’s Competition Policy
Right to Contraception Act would protect statutory right to contraception as Supreme Court threatens to roll back fundamental rights in the wake of Dobbs decision
The College for All Act would be fully paid for by the Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act, also introduced today by Sanders in the Senate and Lee in the…
PCA Fraud Raises Costs for MassHealth Patients and Undermines Integrity of Critical MassHealth Programs
On June 16, Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll swore in new members of the Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Human Trafficking.
Legislation to Limit Contractor Influence and Constrain Foreign Influence on Retired Senior Military Officers
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s,…
Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, Attorney General, Belmont Police Department, and Springwell train nearly 50 police officers at Lynnfield Academy
Legislation Would Protect JROTC Recruits from Abuse, Forced Enrollment and Increase Oversight of Program
Governor Maura Healey today announced that she is recommending seven individuals to the Governor’s Council for pardons, making her the first Massachusetts Governor in more than 30 years to recommend…
On June 15, Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper, and officials from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) joined together…
Senator secured $27 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act with his Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund provision
Massachusetts’s death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the…
Creates Advisory Council to Advance Representation in Education, Expands College and Career Readiness Tools
Massachusetts’ death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 45 Hispanic people who died in Massachusetts in the week ending May 27, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“The CFPB is helping root out junk fees, and because of that Americans are going to keep a little bit more money in their pockets. I think of it as…
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