by Sam Dallaire | Mar 31, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, News & Updates
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch is urging government agencies, schools, and businesses to use their federal COVID-19 relief funding to buy medical protective equipment made in the U.S. rather than China. “We’ve got China hacking federal...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 30, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, Essential Infrastructure, News & Updates
State House News Service By Colin Young Between the massive infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to announce later this week and a revised budget process, Massachusetts is well-positioned to emerge from upcoming Congressional debate as a big...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 23, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
“I want to assure you that this pathway to full service will be fully funded.” Boston Globe By Nik DeCosta-Klipa MBTA officials had always said they planned to restore their recent sweeping, pandemic-induced service cuts as riders returned to the system. However, the...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 22, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WGBH By Arun Rath and Matt Baskin Local transit activists continue to pressure the MBTA to reverse service cuts put in place last week. The pushback comes even after the T’s general manager, Steve Poftak, indicated in a letter to Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., made...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 22, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
It’s a good thing that Congressman Lynch’s threat to the state worked. Boston Globe Editorial After the MBTA went ahead with planned cuts to train and bus services, US Representative Stephen Lynch issued a stern warning to state transportation leaders: Use the federal...
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