AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * As Federal Food Aid Faces Cuts, New UMass Amherst Labor Center Report Shows Nearly Half a Million Massachusetts Workers Rely on SNAP Researchers highlight corporate reliance on taxpayer-funded food assistance * With the federal government reopened after a weeks-long shutdown that disrupted food assistance across the country, a new University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Center wor  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ed McNicholas, Fran Faircloth, and Chris Conrad Offer Overview of U.S. Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in Chapter for ICLG Guide * Data, privacy & cybersecurity practice leader Edward McNicholas, partner Frances Faircloth, and associate Chris Conrad, authored the U.S. chapter on cybercrime and cybersecurity for ICLG's 2026 Global Guide on cybersecurity laws and regulations.   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * EDC Experts Present at National Home Visiting Workforce Convening Twelve EDC maternal and child health experts delivered intensive professional learning sessions to strengthen the home visiting workforce at the National Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) All-Grantee Meeting on November 17 to 20 in Washington, DC. Led by the Health Resources and Servic  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Former Suffolk County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to COVID Unemployment and Loan Fraud * BOSTON - A former corrections officer employed by the Suffolk County Sherriff's Department pleaded guilty today to submitting fraudulent information in an effort to obtain loans through CARES Act programs like the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Four Years After Passage of Infrastructure Law, Senators Markey, Blumenthal, Colleagues Urge NHTSA to Finally Implement Life-Saving Traffic Safety Provisions * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (November 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today led their colleagues in a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Creative Approach: Cultivating Tomorrow's Women Energy Leaders Today Statistics reflect what leaders like Yogini Parkhi know from experience. At a key moment in many girls' lives, they're nudged away from interests like math and science. "I know it happened to me growing up in India," says Parkhi, the engineering leader for GE Vernova's Grid OS Data Fabric and Connect business. She s  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democratic Health Leaders Blast the Trump Administration's Latest Scheme to Gut Health Care Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) blasted the Trump Admi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * How to solve Toronto's traffic troubles? Start with the data A research group of Northeastern students, led by assistant teaching professors Yvonne Leung and John Wilder, spent months examining public transit use and traffic on highways around Toronto. * Traffic in Toronto can be troublesome on a good day. But when it comes to events, forget it. It can get so bad that performing pop stars walk to the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Hybrid Ambient Documentation Decreases After-Hours Work, Note Delays for Physicians * Physicians often need to work outside of typical clinic hours to complete patient visit notes, and studies have shown this "pajama time" along with other factors driven by documentation burden increases rates for burnout. In a new study, Mass General Brigham researchers have shown that gen  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Karista and 42Cap Invest in the EUR10 Million Series A Financing of Leanspace * The Paris Technology team advised Karista and 42Cap on the EUR10 million Series A Financing of Leanspace, a European software platform for satellite and ground segment operations. The round was led by Karista and 42Cap funds, and included ISAI Cap Venture, Qwaltec, Caisse d'Epargne, Bpifrance  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Mid- and Late-Life Physical Activity May Reduce Dementia Risk By Up to 45% A new study provides insight into the relationship between physical activity and brain health, identifying modifiable behavior changes that people can make to delay a potential dementia diagnosis later in life. * Health experts have long touted the benefits of physical activity on both physical an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Neal on Lower Drug Prices for Medicare Latest win from Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act * SPRINGFIELD, MA--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the latest slate of negotiated prescription drug prices was quietly released tonight: "Tonight, without any f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Nutrition Research Keeps Warfighters Ready, Lethal in Extreme Cold * As the race to control the Arctic intensifies, more research is focused on how to optimize service member performance in the extreme cold, where lack of sleep and appetite, altitude and equipment issues can all affect a warfighter's ability to function. Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine's Military Nut  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy issued the following news release: * * * It's Time to Release Massachusetts Fishermen from Red Tape Faced with burdensome red tape brought on by bad trade deals, foreign-owned wind farms, and unfair cost-sharing programs, the American fishing industry finds itself struggling to put food on the table for fishermen and for Americans across the country. In October, Chief Counsel for Advocacy Casey B. Mulligan had the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Cited in Wall Street Journal Article on C-Suite Compensation Trend Report * Ropes & Gray was cited in The Wall Street Journal 's " CEO Brief" newsletter for the firm's collaboration with The Conference Board on a newly released analysis of CEO and C-suite compensation trends. The report highlights continued pay growth in 2025, with S&P 500 CEO median pay up 7  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Saugus Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Thousands of Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl * BOSTON - A Saugus man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. George Krabey, 47, pleaded guilty to two counts o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Statement from Senator Warren on Bank Regulators Weakening Capital Requirements Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement following the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy * BOSTON - A Lawrence man has been convicted following a four-day jury trial of drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine. Jose Dolores Batista, 65, was convicted on Nov. 20, 2025 of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute met  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Graduate Students Encouraged to Apply for 2026 U.N. Global Sustainable Solutions Winter School The schools of Public Policy and of Earth and Sustainability will co-host the United Nations Global Sustainable Solutions Winter School 2026, a free online program running Jan. 8-29. The workshop is open to graduate students from all UMass campuses and the United Nations University. The online synchr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Unlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry * At a high level, ammonia seems like a dream fuel: It's carbon-free, energy-dense, and easier to move and store than hydrogen. Ammonia is also already manufactured and transported at scale, meaning it could transform energy systems using existing infrastructure. But burning ammonia creates dangerous nitrous oxides, and splittin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following report (No. 25-02447-08) on Nov. 18, 2025, entitled "Review of Community Care Utilization, Delivery of Timely Care, and Provider Qualifications at the VA Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts, Fiscal Year 2024." Here are excerpts: * * * Report Overview With the passage of the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act in 2018, veterans have greater  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * With Black Women's Unemployment Rising, Pressley Holds Urgent Discussion with Impacted Women, Economists, Civil Rights Leaders * Pressley Has Sounded the Alarm on Pushout of Black Women from Workforce Under Trump, Demanded Action from Federal Reserve BOSTON - As the unemployment rate for Black women continues to rise, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Financial Services   more