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September 01, 2015

Politico: Warren, Healey push for federal student-loan cancelation

Boston-Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined forces to push the US Department of Education to cancel student loans issued by a now-defunct for-profit college in Brighton. "It does start here in Massachusetts," Healey told reporters. "We hope what's happening here today sends a signal to the U.S. Department of Education and gets them to do what they need to do and what they can do, more importantly, right now, to make this a more fair situation for … Continue Reading


August 20, 2015

Fall River Herald News: Sen. Warren tells CFC staff to brace for a fight over budget cuts

Fall River, MA - Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the staff at Citizens for Citizens Inc. she was meeting with them today so she can bring back their stories to her Republican colleagues in Washington, D.C., who want to slash funding in fiscal 2016 for the social programs that Massachusetts families depend on. Warren visited CFC to participate in a roundtable discussion that included the agency's department heads, clients, Mayor Sam Sutter and state Rep. Carole Fiola. "You're doing the hard, … Continue Reading


August 20, 2015

New Bedford Standard- Times: U.S. Sen. Warren encourages business innovators during New Bedford visit

New Bedford,MA - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren told a small gathering of local business leaders Wednesday that "New Bedford is clearly building a future around entrepreneurship," encouraging innovation and sharing ideas in a space designed for that exact purpose. More than 20 people sweated in summer heat while fans whirred in the under-construction Groundwork space at the Quest Center, where Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, spoke briefly and took a quick tour on a swing through … Continue Reading


August 20, 2015

New Bedford Standard- Times Editorial: Small business finds friends in New Bedford

Some may be coming grudgingly to the realization that no casino will influence New Bedford's economic development, but the city's embrace of the entrepreneurial model of incremental, organic growth can be a most effective balm for the sting of that loss. Small business runs the economic development race slow and steady, fueled by creativity and ambition. In New Bedford, opportunities for small business continue to emerge in services, technology, manufacturing and creative arts, supported by … Continue Reading


July 31, 2015

Watertown Tab and Press: Watertown Police awarded Congressional Badge of Bravery

Watertown, MA - Several of Watertown's finest were honored with the Congressional Badge of Bravery Friday afternoon, just over two years after they engaged in a dramatic shootout that ended the Boston Marathon Bombers week of terror. Watertown Police Sergeants John MacLellan, Jeffrey Pugliese, and officer Joseph Reynolds, received the awards during a ceremony at the Watertown station Friday. U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy and Katherine Clark, and … Continue Reading


July 28, 2015

Newton TAB: Grant to fund heavy-duty rescue truck for Newton Fire Department

The fire department plans to use a more than $400,000 federal grant to support the purchase of a heavy-duty rescue truck for special response situations.The truck will contain specialized equipment for rescue responses to incidents such as elevator malfunctions, construction accidents or highway crashes.Citing issues ranging from severe weather to terrorism, Fire Chief Bruce Proia said there was a clear need for such a vehicle to improve the department's capacity for technical rescues."It's a … Continue Reading


July 20, 2015

Springfield Republican: Sen. Elizabeth Warren holds roundtable on bill that would add scheduling protections, 'on call' pay

Boston, MA - Supporters of a U.S. Senate bill aimed at providing and protecting flexible schedules for low-income workers say the legislation is also good for businesses. Robert Everts, co-president of Equal Exchange coffee co-op, said allowing flexible schedules builds worker loyalty. "We acknowledge the basic reality that workers have lives outside of work," he said while standing outside an Equal Exchange café, located across the street from TD Garden. ... For her part, Warren said … Continue Reading


July 20, 2015

Boston Globe: Bills seek more stable hours for low-paid workers

Boston, MA - Compared to many fast-food workers, Erica Bentencourt has a fairly set schedule. She is supposed to work in the kitchen at the Holbrook Burger King Tuesday through Saturday, opening at 5 a.m. and leaving at 2 p.m. But when coworkers call in sick, she is often asked to stay late or come in on her day off. When business is slow, she is sent home early. Working extra hours means she has to scramble to find child care for her 9-year-old son. But working fewer hours is worse. "When … Continue Reading


June 29, 2015

Springfield Republican: US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Richard Neal Tour FloDesign Sonics in Wilbraham, Learn about Filterless Purification

WILBRAHAM - U.S. Sen . Elizabeth Warren watched Monday as employees and student interns at FloDesign Sonics used inaudible sound waves to separate contaminates from water: a "filterless" filter that doesn't damage blood cells. "The applications are going to be everywhere," Warren said, during a tour of FloDesign's headquarters in Wilbraham, lead by chairman Stanley Kowalski III and by founder and senior fellow of fluid dynamics Walter Presz. "I am ready for this," Warren said. Read the full … Continue Reading


June 29, 2015

Springfield Republican: Senator Elizabeth Warren Tells Worcester Entrepreneurs they Represent the Future of America

WORCESTER - Senator Elizabeth Warren told an audience of Worcester entrepreneurs on Monday that they are the future of the United States and more must be done to promote small business start-ups when policies are being pass down from Washington, D.C. Warren stopped in Worcester as part of a stop in two communities to discuss the local economy. In Worcester, Warren visited the robotics technology incubator Technocopia and its Prescott Street neighbor, the co-working space Running … Continue Reading


June 29, 2015

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Sen. Warren Tours Startup Company Incubators in Worcester

WORCESTER - Sen. Elizabeth Warren was less a visiting dignitary at Technocopia's maker space floor Monday afternoon than a kid on a field trip. "Amazing," she said, taking a look at a 3D printer. A robotic hand she slipped on was "really cool." "This is the heart of our economy," Ms. Warren said after her tour, which also included a stop next door at Running Start's incubator space inside the same building on Prescott Street. "It's this kind of creativity, and it's happening right here in … Continue Reading


June 18, 2015

Springfield Republican: 4-year battle over: Westover vets exposed to Agent Orange eligible for benefits

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has pledged to immediately begin providing benefits to Westover veterans and others who were exposed to Agent Orange while flying on and fixing planes previously used in the Vietnam War. ... Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who joined with a half-dozen fellow senators to urge the department to expedite their decision to provide benefits to the C-123 veterans, released a statement thanking the department for the decision. "It has long been clear that thousands of … Continue Reading


June 04, 2015

New Bedford Standard-Times Editorial: Warren continues the fight for economic justice

Sen. Elizabeth Warren rightly deserves a reputation for looking out for the middle class. ... Her familiarity with the root of our economic problems made her into a strong advocate for consumer protections, which helped earn our endorsement in her run for the U.S. Senate nearly three years ago. A recent press release from her office calling the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to account for her broken promises reminds us what a friend the consumer has in Sen. … Continue Reading


May 15, 2015

Bloomberg: Warren Claim Trade Bill Could Undermine Dodd-Frank Is Right

In her quarrel with President Barack Obama over trade legislation, Elizabeth Warren has got the law on her side. The Massachusetts senator has warned fellow Democrats that a fast-track trade bill now in Congress could undo U.S. laws such as the Dodd-Frank banking regulations later. A number of constitutional scholars and other legal experts say she's right. The reason: An arcane trade-bill provision that would make it easier for a future president and Congress to undercut existing statutes, … Continue Reading


May 12, 2015

NPR: Sen. Warren on the 'tilted process' of Asia trade bill

In an interview on NPR's Morning Edition today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren explained her concerns about the trade deal debate in Congress. "I have three objections," Senator Warren said in the interview. "The first is that the president is asking us to vote to grease the skids on a trade deal that has largely been negotiated, but that is still held in secret. The second is that we know that corporations under this deal are going to get to sue countries for regulations they don't … Continue Reading


May 11, 2015

Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren fires back at Obama: Here's what they're really fighting about

In an interview with Yahoo News that ran over the weekend, President Obama intensified his push-back against Elizabeth Warren and other critics of the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, flatly declaring that Warren is "absolutely wrong." That came after a speech Obama delivered at Nike headquarters, in which he continued making an expansive case for the deal as a plus for American workers - and not the massive giveaway to huge international corporations that critics fear. This week, … Continue Reading


May 02, 2015

The Lowell Sun: Warren chats up MCC students on costs, impact

LOWELL -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren praised the backgrounds and accomplishments of Middlesex Community College students she met with on Friday, while criticizing government and Republican policies she said were preventing more students from taking advantage of similar opportunities. The Democrat sat down for a roundtable discussion about community college and student debt with a diverse group of MCC students. And while she expounded at several points on problems she sees in the public-education … Continue Reading


April 27, 2015

WWLP NBC 22 Springfield: Vietnam vets affected by deadly herbicide

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Many Vietnam veterans still suffer from the effects of a herbicide used during the Vietnam War. The herbicide Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemicals used by the U.S. military in Vietnam. It was used to eliminate vegetation that could hide enemy troops, but it was later found that Agent Orange caused many U.S. soldiers to contract cancer, and has been linked to birth defects. The U.S. Military used more than 19-million gallons of the herbicide Agent Orange … Continue Reading


April 24, 2015

NECN: 100 Years Later: Recognizing Armenian Genocide

Thousands of Armenians, their friends and family marched from the Massachusetts state house to the Rose Kennedy Greenway to call attention to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Organizers say the event was designed to honor the memories of the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed and the countless others who were driven out of their ancestral homeland by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. ... "The Armenian people just want the truth acknowledged," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "And if … Continue Reading


April 20, 2015

Daily Hampshire Gazette Editorial: US should allow refinancing of college loans

Millions of Americans who borrow money to pay for college are locked into relatively high interest rates that compound the growing problem of student debt. Legislation that Sen. Elizabeth Warren keeps introducing - and Republicans keep turning back - would provide relief. It isn't a bailout or giveaway. Warren's bill would let borrowers of older college loans refinance to obtain a lower interest rate, just as homeowners do with mortgages. With interest rates still at historic lows, this would … Continue Reading

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