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Opponents outnumber supporters of Question 1 in newly released UMass-Lowell poll results that also show Gov. Charlie Baker and Sen. Elizabeth Warren maintaining large leads over their opponents as they seek re-election on Nov. 6. The poll of 791 registered voters , taken the first week of October, showed 51 percent of likely voters opposed nurse ... (more)
STATE SEN. DEAN TRAN may not want to participate in a traditional debate with his Democratic challenger, but it appears one is happening online in slow motion.
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.
That's the severity of the opioid epidemic in this country, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stressed in Lowell Friday evening. If that plane crash was happening on a daily basis, the country would take every single action to stop it, she said.
Armano is the first Democrat to pull papers officially. A longtime resident of the district, he grew up in Lawrence, where he is now a lieutenant in the fire department, and attended UMass Lowell and the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover.
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.
The tax reform bill now in Congress is a "crime being perpetrated against ordinary people," U.S. Sen. Ed Markey told an audience in Lowell Sunday night. Markey addressed an audience of about 150 people at UMass Lowell, speaking on a wide range of topics, but frequently returned to the tax package and the budget bill, which Congress passed in late October.
The first point political experts stress is that, nine-plus months out from a primary election, the race for the 3rd Congressional District is wide open. But despite the uncertainty hanging over a historic field of 12 Democrats, some candidates in the race do have distinct enough credentials to stand out with a higher likelihood of success, at least at this early point.
After sitting vacant for about a decade, the developers of the former Shaw's Plaza have announced some of the new tenants for the complex now undergoing a major makeover.
While William Hogan's name is not displayed across a building -- partly because the former chancellor didn't want to be the center of attention and deflected credit -- he certainly laid the foundation for success across campus. Hogan, known as the "Father of UMass Lowell" -- leading the university for 25 years and working there for more than four decades until 2006 -- died last week.
The president of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system has purchased a $975,000 condo on the Boston waterfront, records show. Martin T. Meehan recently closed on a unit in the luxury Harbor Towers complex at 65 E. India Row, according to the Suffolk Registry of Deeds online database.
Donald Trump is now leading Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, according to a poll released by the University of Massachusetts Lowell . Trump is leading by one point among registered voters-43 percent to Clinton's 42 percent.
Such was the case Thursday night, when a host of the city's top political, cultural and educational leaders celebrated a key milestone in the life of the Tsongas Industrial History Center, which grew out of the Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell School Department and UMass Lowell "partnership" 25 years ago. Reminiscing at the anniversary event, City Councilor William Samaras paid tribute to two men in launching the center: the late U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas and the late school Superintendent Patrick Mogan.
U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, and her Republican challenger, Ann Wofford, will square off in a debate at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, at the Devens Common Center. The event is co-sponsored by The Sun and its sister newspapers the Sentinel & Enterprise of Fitchburg and the Nashoba Valley Voice, as well as the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce and Devens Common Center.