Massachusetts lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to help cranberry farmers in the state and nationwide as they face major losses this year due to Chinese tariffs.Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, along with Representatives Joseph P. Kennedy III and William Keating, who represent the state’s main cranberry growing areas, wrote on Thursday to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, imploring him to “explore new markets” and “work creatively to help relieve the economic pressure faced by producers.” The letter comes as cranberry sauce takes its annual star-turn as a staple of Thanksgiving dinners this week.… Continue Reading
When we think about private equity, we often think about companies like Toys R Us: purchased with borrowed money, loaded up with debt that ultimately all but destroys the firm. The investors make out, the employees and consumers lose out. But there’s another model too: Buy into a business where you can suck money out of consumers.That describes the health-care business. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has something to say about that.… Continue Reading
Congressional representatives from Massachusetts are calling for a federal crackdown on ransomware, a form of malware that hackers have used to cripple state and local agencies — sometimes for weeks — by locking their computer systems and demanding payment to release them.In a letter released Friday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with eight of the state’s representatives, asked Homeland Security for more help with a problem that has affected communities across the state.… Continue Reading
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- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Representative Jesús “Chuy” García
(D-Ill.), member of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial
Services, today announced the introduction of the Bank Merger Review
Modernization Act. The legislation would restrict harmful consolidation in the
banking industry and protect consumers and the financial system from “Too Big to Fail” institutions, like tho… Continue Reading
United States Senator Elizabeth
Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee, and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) today announced they will
introduce the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act, legislation to strengthen
protections for part-time workers and allow them to better balance their work
schedules with personal and family needs. The legislation will address one of
the primary issues that hourly workers face - work schedules that do not… Continue Reading
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D.C. - United
States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced that
they will introduce the Senate companion to the Remove the Stain Act. First
introduced in the House by Representatives Denny Heck (D-Wash.), Deb Haaland
(D-N.M.), and Paul Cook (R-Calif.), the bill would revoke the Medal of Honor from
the soldiers who perpetrated the Wounded Knee massacre on December 29, 1890,
when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children—most
… Continue Reading
During the housing boom of the early 2000s, Massachusetts homeowners Ana and Ismael Ramirez did what a lot of homeowners did: They used a broker to refinance their home.… Continue Reading
We will never forget the confusion, the anger and the disbelief this time last year, when our Lawrence, North Andover and Andover communities shook from the gas pipeline explosions that destroyed homes, businesses and roads.
The explosions left thousands without heat or hot water during some of the coldest months of the year, put dozens of people in the hospital, and tragically killed one young man, 18-year old Leonel Rondon.
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report laid blame… Continue Reading
The story of the United States' treatment of Native Americans is a
profoundly painful one. It is a story of genocide and forced removal, of
systematic oppression and broken promises. Despite this painful history, the
story of Native American people today is also one of resilience in the face of
oppression, achievement in every walk of life, and contribution to a country
that has taken so much.… Continue Reading
