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The body of a newlywed was discovered in Costa Rica on Saturday, bringing to an end a short search for the groom after he was swept away by floodwaters on his honeymoon in Costa Rica earlier this week. Josh Byrne, a native of Hudson, Massachusetts, was married just last weekend to wife Bianca on a farm in New Hampshire, according to Boston ABC affiliate WCVB.
Lawrence, MA. - September 14, 2018: Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Governor, joins US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma, US Congressman Ed Markey, D-MA, and others in a tour of 35 Chickering St., where a young man was killed during yesterday's gas leak/fires, today September 14, 2018.
If the final debate between the 10 Democrats seeking the 3rd Congressional District nomination felt like the last day of summer camp, then Tuesday's event featuring the candidates unifying behind victor Lori Trahan felt like a high-school reunion. After almost every opponent she beat spoke in announcing support for Trahan, the nominee took the podium for remarks of her own.
With the general-election season now well underway, prominent statewide Democratic candidates will head to the Mill City on Friday to rally in support of newly named 3rd Congressional District nominee Lori Trahan. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Democratic gubenatorial nominee Jay Gonzalez will headline the rally at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Democratic party.
September 14, 2018: Family friend Luis Mendina speaks near the family home of Leonel Rondon, 18, on Friday, September 14, 2018 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. LAWRENCE , MA - September 14, 2018: Individuals gather at the family home of Leonel Rondon,18, on Friday, September 14, 2018 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
People who complain about the lack of issues in the crowded Democratic primary fight in the 3rd Congressional District have an issue now. It is Barbara L'Italien, the feisty state senator from Andover who has made herself something of an issue to separate herself from the 10-candidate pack, even though she does not live in the district where she's running.
The "Blue Wave" is coming this fall, you may have heard time and time again in the wake of Democratic backlash against Republican President Donald Trump. State and congressional Republican candidates gathered downtown for the "GOP Meet and Rally Fest," making their case for a strong fall election season.
BOSTON Five hundred and seventy-four days after kicking off the 2017-2018 session, the Massachusetts House and Senate head into Tuesday, July 31 with only a few hours to tie up the many loose ends on bills that legislative leaders have left to the proverbial last minute. Lawmakers over the past week or so have found common ground on major bills addressing environmental spending, automatic voter registration, taxation and regulation of short-term rentals, new civics education requirements, consumer credit protections, veterans benefits and an annual state budget.
Lt. Gov. Brad Little was among a set of four witnesses who appeared Thursday before a House subcommittee which held an oversight hearing on public lands grazing. Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee have in recent months been moving toward significant changes to the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Equal Access to Justice Act, which allows groups who successfully prove in court that federal agencies violated federal rules to recover attorney fees.
Several members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic congressional delegation are getting a run for their money this year - from within their own party. Five of the eight House incumbents seeking re-election face challenges in the September primary, pending final certification of nominating signatures.
State Sen. Barbara L'Italien, with a blistering attack against her politically wired congressional rivals, is blasting their deep ties to powerhouses pols such as Mayor Marty Walsh and University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan. L'Italien -- one of 12 Democrats running for the 3rd Congressional District seat, anchored by Lowell -- accused, in an interview on Boston Herald Radio on Tuesday, the Boston mayor of playing a strong role in his former chief of staff Daniel Koh's $2.5 million fundraising haul.
Amid a major shakeup at veterans hospitals across the country, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has named Joan Clifford the new director of the Bedford VA. The hospital has had two interim directors since the VA removed Christine Croteau, the last permanent director, in 2016 amid an ethics investigation.
With 13 Democrats running for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District, it is a given that the results will end up in photo finish. But all 13 people running will not be bunched up at the end.
If three Massachusetts legislators get their way, there will soon be a congressional hearing on the mismanagement of the Bedford VA hospital. U.S. Reps.
Two more of the 13 Democrats seeking to replace 3rd District Rep. Niki Tsongas in November have released their latest fundraising numbers: Lori Trahan, of Westford, and Beej Das, a former Andover resident who recently moved to Lowell. Trahan's campaign announced it has raised more than $550,000, making her the female candidate with the strongest fundraising numbers in 2017.
Four months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the devastation and difficulty recovering is still apparent across the island, something that U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and other members of the congressional delegation from Massachusetts saw firsthand during a visit last week. Officials toured a community health center and a children's hospital, observed damage from a helicopter and met with leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was criticized for an initially slow response, as they work to help the island rebuild.
As questions swirl about the future of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts amid the threat of a new federal crackdown, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas used a public event alongside President Donald Trump to urge the administration to focus instead on opioids. Tsongas and more than a dozen other members of Congress were gathered around the president's desk in the Oval Office for the signing of the INTERDICT Act, which Tsongas and Sen. Ed Markey helped introduce.
If L'Italien had this opportunity the other day, when country leaders discussed immigration, the Democrat would have emphasized her opposition to building a border wall along the Mexican border. However, stressing that Congress needs to make more deals, the Andover state senator would have tentatively agreed to a wall if it meant 800,000 young people would be protected from deportation, she told The Sun during an editorial board meeting on Wednesday.
You could be forgiven for losing count of the candidates running to succeed U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas in the 3rd Congressional District. Since Tsongas announced in mid-August that she would not seek another term in 2018, it has seemed as if a new Democrat has declared candidacy every other week -- and with a field that now stands at 13, a new face has, on average, entered the arena every 11 days.