WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Government Funding Deadline, Warren Calls on Republicans to Reverse Health Care Cuts, Strike a Deal with Democrats * Republicans need Democratic votes to advance any funding deal "[T]his is our chance to restore health care for millions of people in this country. Right now is our small window of opportunity. The Democrats are ready to go. We want to seize this opportunity. It i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of SEC Meeting, Warren, Reed Press Chair on Move to Kill Investor Protections with Forced Arbitration U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), wrote to Paul S. Atkins, Chairman of the Securities and Exchan  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Appointed as Engineering Service Provider for Kimberly-Clark UK Hydrogen Boiler Projects * In this vital collaboration, Ameresco will work closely with Kimberly-Clark to develop the installation of five new dual-fuel Hydrogen/Natural Gas Boilers at both facilities. This innovative project will i  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 15 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Completes $5.3M Energy Infrastructure Project at Ave Maria University * FRAMINGHAM, MA and NAPLES, FL - September 15, 2025 - Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers navigate the energy transition, today announced the successful completion   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Australia fails the Pacific and the world with weak climate target * Canberra: The Australian government today announced their updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), pledging to cut emissions by 62-70% by 2035 and failing to commit to phase out fossil fuels. The target is incompa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, a provider of commercial property, casualty, healthcare and executive and professional lines and marine insurance, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE ENTERS THE ACCIDENT & HEALTH MARKET IN THE UK Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced the launch of Group Personal Accident and Business Travel Insurance in the UK, expanding the company  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Biogen groundbreaking stirs optimism in Kendall Square * Nearly 300 people gathered Tuesday to mark the ceremonial groundbreaking for Biogen's new state-of-the-art facility in Kendall Square. The project is the first building to be constructed at MIT's Kendall Common on the former Volpe federal site, and will serve as a consolidated headquarters for the pioneering biotechnology co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Boston Man Charged with Loan and Check Fraud * BOSTON - A Boston man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and stealing a U.S. Treasury tax refund check as well as a check from a New York law firm. Lonnie Smith-Matthews, 33, was indicted on two counts of wire fraud; one count of theft  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Could a primordial black hole's last burst explain a mysteriously energetic neutrino? * The last gasp of a primordial black hole may be the source of the highest-energy "ghost particle" detected to date, a new MIT study proposes. In a paper appearing today in Physical Review Letters, MIT physicists put forth a strong theoretical case that a recently observed, highly energetic ne  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Democratic Committee Leaders Introduce Legislation to Protect Free Vaccines for Americans Bill Introduction Follows Alarming Efforts by Secretary Kennedy to Restrict Access to Lifesaving Vaccines * Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders introduced legislation today that would protect free vaccine coverage for Americans. The Prot  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Dominican National Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy * BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in operating a fentanyl distribution hub in the Bronx that sent fentanyl laced with xylazine, a horse tranquilizer, throughout Massachusetts, Ver  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * GHO Capital Partners Enters Agreement to Acquire AI-Powered R D Orchestration Platform Scientist com * Ropes & Gray represented GHO Capital Partners in a definitive agreement to acquire Scientist.com, a market-leading AI-powered R&D orchestration platform enabling pharmaceutical and biotech companies to source and manage outsourced research from a global network of pre-app  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Guatemalan National Charged for Resisting Federal Agents * BOSTON- A Guatemalan national has been charged in federal court in Boston after allegedly resisting and assaulting federal officers during an immigration arrest. Manolo Morales Lopez, 29, was charged with one count of forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interf  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Inflammation jolts "sleeping" cancer cells awake, enabling them to multiply again * Cancer cells have one relentless goal: to grow and divide. While most stick together within the original tumor, some rogue cells break away to traverse to distant organs. There, they can lie dormant -- undetectable and not dividing -- for years, like landmines waiting to go off. This migration of  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Jorge Luna Selected for Leadership APTA Class of 2026 * The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has selected Jorge Luna, VHB Charlotte's Director of Transit and Rail, for its Leadership APTA Class of 2026. This year-long professional development pr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSxrep) - Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Just one year of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy amounts to twice as much as Trump administration's cuts to humanitarian and development aid, Oxfam analysis finds President Trump and Republicans in Congress are working to slash $31.7 billion in foreign aid spending. Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy are set to receive roughly twice that amount--$60.3 billion--in just one year of tax breaks. As Pres  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Labor Union Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of PPP Loan Fraud * BOSTON - The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 (IBEW Local 103), a Dorchester-based union and 501(c)(5) nonprofit organization, has agreed to pay $2,033,205 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protecti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Attack on Crucial Lifeline for Tens of Thousands of Older Americans * Class Action Complaint Seeks to Reverse Unlawful Funding Freeze for Senior Community Service Employment Program Massachusetts - D  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Murray, Blumenthal, Colleagues in Demanding Information from DHS on Mistreatment of Pregnant Women in ICE Detention * Senate Judiciary Committee report : Trump Administration appears to have ended presumption of release, is detaining more and more pregnant women in facilities ill-equipped to manage their well-being and safety; Letter Text (P DF) Washington (September 18,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Statement on Dismissal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre Lawsuit Against U.S. Senators * Washington (September 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, released the following statement after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that former Steward CEO Dr. Ralph de   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern, 16 Members of Congress Tell Secretary Rubio: Support Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in Colombia * Today, Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, along with 16 Members of the House of Representatives, have written a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Warren, Hoyle, Ryan, Jayapal Introduce New Bill to Crack Down on Health Insurers Buying up Clinics Across the U.S. * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Massachusetts' U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren teamed up with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Pat Ryan (NY-18), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) to introduce new legislation in response to billionaire health   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Milap Patel to Present at 2025 Moody's Ratings US CLO & Leveraged Loan Conference * Finance partner Milap Patel will present on a panel titled 'Disruption, Documentation, Defaults: Credit challenges in Leveraged Lending,' at the 2025 Moody's Ratings US CLO & Leveraged Loan Conference on September 25. The panel will examine how shifting credit conditions, private credit g  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Announces Honorees for the Ninth Annual Peter J. Gomes Service Award * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) has selected six honorees for the 10th annual Peter J. Gomes Service Award. Created in 2016 by Congressman Moulton, the award recognizes the public service and community contributions of constituents across Massachusetts' 6th District. These six members of our   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Wins Democracy Forward Award for Best of Constituent Experience in D.C. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) was awarded the 2025 Democracy Forward Award by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) for Best of Constituent Experience in D.C. The award recognizes congressional offices that provide exceptional service to constituents visiting Capitol Hill by   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Partnership Built for Tomorrow: MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance Kicks Off in Cambridge "The meaning of life is the next generation," wrote author Grace Paley. For GE Vernova, a company dedicated to building the energy technologies of the future, that next generation of inventors is inseparable from today's mission. Cultivating tomorrow's energy leaders is as critical as t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Plays 'Fact or Fiction,' Slams Harmful Impact of Trump's Militarization of Washington, DC * Federal Intervention has Disproportionately Criminalized Black and Brown Youth, Immigrant Families "This is not about safety. This is about suppressing Black leadership, stopping Black progress, and criminalizing Black and brown youth." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Today, in the House Oversig  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Senate Democrats Slam the Crushing Cost of Trump's Tariffs for America's Small Businesses Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and small business owners from across the country, today hosted a   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Rhode Island Business Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy and Obstruction of Justice * BOSTON - The owner of a "virtual CFO" business from Rhode Island was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for laundering tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from internet fraud schemes by creating shell companies and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Sponsors Event Series Focused on Private Equity's Role in Advancing Scientific Innovation * Ropes & Gray is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of "Private Capital and Discovery: Strategic Investing in Scientific Innovation," a virtual discussion series jointly organized by the New York Academy of Sciences and the Private Capital Research Institute. Private eq  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * SBTi Verifies VHB's Net-zero Science-based Target * As part of our ongoing commitment to create a sustainable future, VHB's corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Earlier this  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Markey, Rep. Huffman Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Address Transportation Climate, Safety, Affordability Crises * Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, & Transportation and the Environment & Public Works committees, today led Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Bernie Sand  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Warren Statement on Upcoming FOMC Decision United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement: "Instead of lowering costs like he promised to do on 'day one', Donald Trump - with his reckless tariffs a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Warren, Coons, Schatz, Reed, Shaheen, Warner Sound Alarm on Trump Administration Policies Exacerbating Risk of Collapse in the West Bank U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan, Colleagues Advance Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Breakthrough Medical Devices * WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the bipartisan Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, introduced by Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), Rudy Yakym (R-IN-02), Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), passed the Hou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. consumer prospects darken as earners at both ends of the income spectrum send clear negative signals-- Bain/Dynata Consumer Health Indexes Prospects for the US consumer are deteriorating as earners at both ends of America's income spectrum send clear negative signals this month over the outlook for their spending, aggravating the risks of a downturn ahead for U  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * UCS Experts at New York City Climate Week 2025, Available for Interviews * In conjunction with the 80th United Nations' General Assembly and in the lead up to the U.N. climate talks happening this November in Belem, Brazil, experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are speaking at multiple events during New York City Climate Week. UCS will have  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 22 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB's Golf Tournaments Raise More Than $1.8 Million for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute * Recently, VHB employees, clients, and friends came together for the 33 rd annual Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament at The Cape Club of Sharon in Massachusetts. The event highlighted   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Presses DoD Inspector General Nominee On Commitment To Transparency and Independence Following Trump's Purge Of Inspectors General * Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Mr. Platte B. Moring III, nominee to be Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Defense (DoD), on  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Green Reignite the Fight to Remove Racist, Derogatory Names from Public Lands and Landmarks * Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Al Green (D-Texas) reintroduced the Reconciliation in Place Names Act to remove racist and bigoted names from national landmarks. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), John  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hirono, Blumenthal Press DOJ on Trump Administration's Binance Ties and Reported Plan to Drop Key Safeguards in Company's $4.3 Billion Settlement and Plea Agreement U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Van Hollen Raise Concerns on Suspension of IG Report on Impact of DOGE-Driven FDIC Cuts on the U.S. Banking System "By diminishing the agency's ability to adequately supervise banks and increasing the risk of bank failures, staffing shortages at the FDIC jeopardize stability and public trust in the nation's   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSjou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Bigscale pomfret are an ocean enigma WHOI scientists delve into the elusive fish's role in the food web * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have shown large sharks can spend hours deep in the oceans' mesopelagic zone, which lies 200 to 1,000 meters (650 to 3,300 feet) below the surface. This region is home to more biomass than any other layer o  more