FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco and City of Olympia, Washington Break Ground on Nearly $17 Million Building Retrofit Project at Olympia Armory * FRAMINGHAM, MA and OLYMPIA, WA and - September 26, 2025 - Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers navigate the energy transiti  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An adaptable evaluation of justice and interest groups * In 2024, an association of female senior citizens in Switzerland won a case at the European Court of Human Rights. Their country, the women contended, needed to do more to protect them from climate change, since heat waves can make the elderly particularly vulnerable. The court ruled in favor of the group, saying that states  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Brockton Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunition * BOSTON - A self-admitted gang member from Brockton, who was previously convicted of killing a 17-year-old outside a Roxbury high school, was sentenced today for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. An  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Medicare Open Enrollment in Massachusetts, 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers seniors, people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and people with disabilities several insurance options, including Medicare Fee-for-Service, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare prescription drug plans. The c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Jake Auchincloss Leads Democrats in Letter Urging Regional Cooperation to End Hamas's War Against Israel * Washington, D.C. -- United States Representative Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) and Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Greg Landsman (OH-01), and Tim Kennedy (NY-26), led 26 other Democrats in a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to work with the Arab L  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * DB Insurance to Acquire U.S.-based Insurer Fortegra for $1.65 Billion * Ropes & Gray is advising Tiptree, a NASDAQ-listed company that allocates capital to select small and middle market companies with the mission of building long term value and Fortegra, a U.S.-based specialty insurer, in its $1.65 billion sale to DB Insurance, the second largest non-life insurer in South  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How the brain splits up vision without you even noticing * The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres -- what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere, and vice versa -- but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is seamless. A new study by neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT reveals how the brain h  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Structured Credit Investor, Lindsey Goldstein and Matthieu Wharmby Discuss Carlyle AlpInvest CFO * In a Structured Credit Investor article, asset management partner Lindsey Goldstein and finance counsel Matthieu Wharmby discussed Ropes & Gray's representation of Carlyle AlpInvest in the closing of its second collateralized fund obligation (CFO) offering, totalling $1.25  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission is investigating a complaint filed by Bose Corp., Framingham, Massachusetts, concerning the importation, sale for importation and sale within the U.S. of open-ear earpiece devices. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and names several respondents from China and Hong Kong. Bose filed the complaint on Sept. 23, 2025, and is requesting a general exclusion order or a limited exclusion order, as   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Katie Daniels to Discuss the Intersection of Fraud, ESG and Corruption at Business Integrity Forum in London * R&G Insights Lab Director of Ethics, Compliance and Insights, Katie Daniels, will join a panel of industry leaders at PwC for the next Business Integrity Forum, "Compliance Convergence: Where Fraud, ESG and Corruption Intersect," on Thursday, October 2. This inter  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Liberty Puerto Rico Successfully Raises New, Five-Year $250 Million Secured Facility * Ropes & Gray has represented Liberty Puerto Rico in its new five-year $250 million secured financing through an unrestricted subsidiary of which $200 million has been drawn and $50 million will be available over the next twelve months. The deal was announced in a Sept. 25 press release.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Warren Demand Answers on Delayed Clean Up of "Forever Chemical" Pollution from Military Bases * Letter Text (PDF) Boston (September 25, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to explain and reverse its decision to delay the clean-up of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (P  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Massachusetts Proposes Amendments to Expedite Housing Development * Massachusetts is taking a significant step toward accelerating residential development with proposed amendments to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) regulations. These changes ar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Newton Psychologist Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering * BOSTON - A Newton, Mass. psychologist has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly defrauding two victims, his psychotherapy patient and one of his own relatives. Eric Brown, 76, has agreed to plead guilty to an Information charging him with two counts of wire   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Joins Labor, Reproductive Rights, Civil Liberties Advocates Applaud Massachusetts State Senate's Passage of Data Privacy Legislation New bill includes complete ban on sale of sensitive data * The Massachusetts Senate today passed the M  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Statement on 25th Anniversary of Mifepristone "In a post-Roe world, medication abortion has become a lifeline." * Ahead of Sunday's 25th anniversary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of mifepristone, one of two m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Rolex Admits to Warren: Trump "Ask[ed] in Jest Whether He Would Have Been Invited Had It Not Been for the Tariffs" * Rolex CEO: "President Trump, never one to miss a rhetorical opportunity, did ask in jest whether he would have been invited had it not been for the tariffs--a moment that brought a round of laughter all around and, as you can imagine, a swift return of attention to the unfo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Samantha Badlam and Sean Seelinger to Discuss Global Fraud Enforcement Implications for Brazilian Companies * Ropes & Gray will co-host the Lefosse x Ropes & Gray Brazil Roundtable, "Fraud Enforcement Around the Globe: Legal and Strategic Updates," on Wednesday, October 1. This invite-only program brings together cross-border practitioners to examine the fast-evolving frau  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Condemns President Trump's "Loyalty Test" that Puts Politics over Qualifications for Mission-Critical National Weather Service Job Candidates * Letter Text (PDF) Boston (September 26, 2025) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to condemn the inclusion of a "loyalty test" to screen candidates for National Weather Service  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- 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 August 2025 PCE United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement: "Donald Trump promised to lower costs on 'day one', but 250 days in and prices are still too high. "President T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- 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 Trump TikTok Deal United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement: "Donald Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies, and a foreign   more

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine posted the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Two of Three New Bedford, Massachusetts Men Charged for February 2024 Saco Shooting Plead Guilty Daytime shooting led to shelter-in-place order, school lockdown * Two New Bedford, Massachusetts men pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to a three-count superseding indictment that included charges for conspiring to distribute and   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * UMass Memorial Healthcare's Satellite Emergency Facility Breaks Ground * This week, a celebration with elected officials, community members, and representatives from UMass Memorial Health marked the start of construction for UMass Memorial's Satellite Emergency   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Warren, Leading Senate Democrats Request Records from FHFA Director Pulte on Potential Abuses of Power Against President Trump's Political Opponents Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and leading Senate Democra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * WATCH: Pressley, Black Women Leaders Sound Alarm on Pushout of Black Women from Workforce Under Trump * Pressley Has Demanded Action from Federal Reserve, Urged Powell to Uphold Fed's Mandate of Maximum Employment for All Workers Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, and a coalition of Black women activists and c  more