WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * After Trump Starts War in Iran, Pressley, Warren, Massachusetts Delegation Press Rubio on "Complete Failure" to Help American Citizens Evacuate Middle East * Members Urge State Department to Take Immediate Action to Evacuate U.S. Citizens Abroad "The early failures of the Trump Administration to provide protection for American citizens abroad are inexcusable" "(T)he failure to adequately protec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Court Order Requiring Trump Administration To Restore Billions In Disaster Mitigation Funding * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 23 states today secured a court order requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to promptly take steps necessary to reverse the termination the Building Resilien  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Defends Access to Birth Control and Other Contraceptive Care * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (PDF) challenging the first Trump Administration's 2017 and 2018 regulations undermining the Affordable Care Act's guarantee of no-cost contraception coverage by employer healthcare plans. The   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG'S Office Secures $422,093 Settlement with Two Beacon Hill Restaurants for Failure to Distribute Service Charges to Staff * BOSTON -The Attorney General's Office (AGO) today announced that it has reached a settlement with Jackeens, Inc. d/b/a Carrie Nation and Inishowen, Inc. d/b/a The Dubliner, two tavern-style restaurants located in Beacon Hill. The settlement res  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Air Force, MASS-TF sign MOU to evaluate strategic real estate opportunities * HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - The Department of the Air Force and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force, or MASS-TF, signed a memorandum of understanding to explore mutually beneficial opportunities at Hanscom AFB, March 5. The agreement establishes   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 3 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, issued the following news release: * * * Akamai to Deploy Thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to Create One of the World's Most Widely Distributed AI Platforms Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), announced the acquisition of thousands of NVIDIA(R) Blackwell GPUs to bolster its global distributed cloud infrastructure. The deployment creates a unified platform for AI R&D, fine-tuning, and post-training   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * AmerisourceBergen Subsidiary Agrees to Pay $1 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Health Care Providers and Medical Practice Executives * BOSTON - ASD Specialty Healthcare, LLC, (ASD) doing business as Oncology Supply Company (Oncology Supply), a distributor of specialty pharmaceutical products and a subsidiary of Cencora, Inc., f/k/a AmerisourceB  more

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health issued the following news release on March 4, 2026: * * * Arizona Workers and Advocates Call Out "Reckless" Decision to Delay Heat Safety Rules Putting Lives at Risk After Hottest Winter on Record Workers and advocates turn to the Industrial Commission of Arizona to directly advance a strong, enforceable heat standard * The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Committee decl  more

ORANGE, Connecticut, March 7 -- Avangrid, an energy company, issued the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Avangrid Foundation Celebrates Expansion of Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut The Avangrid Foundation's grant funding supported the expansion of 11 new guest rooms * The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today joined the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSjou) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * A Simple Swap Could Change How Hospitals Test Antibiotics for Drug-Resistant Infections New Method Accelerates Testing for Drug Resistant Infections * Microbiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have developed a faster, simpler way to test whether antibiotics will work against drug-resistant bacterial infections. The elegant method could save patients precious  more

NEW YORK, March 7 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Massachusetts 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - March 6, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.6 percent in Massachusetts, compared to 8.0 percent for the nation, the U.S. Bure  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Professor's New Book Shares Science through Stories In The Collective Cure: Upstream Solutions for Better Public Health, Monica Wang weaves four women's stories-including her own-with scientific research to illustrate the social and structural forces that shape health, and to highlight the ways people from all walks of life can contribute to building healthier communities.  Some   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on March 5, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * The opposition to emissions-free nuclear power There are more than 700 nonprofits and other advocacy groups in the United States that oppose the use of carbon free nuclear energy. Editorial note: What follows is a reproduction of the InfluenceWatch report for the Opposition to Nuclear Energy movement. * * * Opposition to Nuclear En  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 6 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Clark alum, a former analyst at NASA, to discuss Robert Goddard's vision, accomplishments * "Robert Goddard: A Vision. A Reality. A Hope" will be presented by Clark University alumnus and former NASA project manager John Emond '74 at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, in Sackler Sciences Center's Johnson Auditorium (Room S120). The presentation will be a centerpiece in the celebration of the 100th anniversary   more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, March 7 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, posted the following news release on March 5, 2026: * * * Consortium led by Ameresco Limited awarded Clean Maritime funding to assess AI enabled Shore Power Technologies at the Port of Tyne Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider, today announced its UK subsidiary has received Innovate UK funding under the  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Criminal Illegal Alien in ICE Custody Passes Away in Scottsdale, Arizona * SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -Emanuel Cleeford Damas, a criminal illegal alien from Haiti currently facing criminal charges for assault and battery, died at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center (SOMC) John C. Lincoln Medical Center while in ICE custody on March 2, 2026, at Scottsdal  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * MeidasTouch Network Presents "State of the States" With Governors Beshear, Shapiro, Sherrill, Healey, Hochul, and Lujan Grisham On the heels of Donald Trump's disastrous State of the Union, The MeidasTouch Network hosted a "State of the States," where Governors Beshear, Shapiro, Sherrill, Healey, Hochul, and Lujan Grisham outlined how Democratic governors across the country are continuing to fight for  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * From MPH to Product Management Leader Melissa Honour (SPH'02) shares how she used the foundation she gained in epidemiology and biostatistics at the School of Public Health to carve out a high-profile career in product management at the intersection of data, technology, and healthcare.  For nearly 25 years, Melissa Honour (SPH'02) has specialized in the transformation of healthca  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book on March 4, 2026: * * * Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Economic activity was flat on balance, with mixed results across sectors. Consumer spending showed no change overall as increased spending on goods was offset by decreased tourism and hospitality spending. Manufacturing activity rose modestly, nonfinancial services activity edged up, and financial services activity was stable. Bank loan volumes and l  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Foreign Aid Cuts to Tuberculosis Services Could Cost Families $80 Billion Worldwide A new study found that current and future reductions in international funding to prevent and treat one of the world's deadliest diseases could potentially inflict a devastating economic burden on more than 40 million households across the globe.  More than a year after the second Trump administrat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud and Social Security Fraud * BOSTON - A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for filing false tax returns in order to fraudulently obtain tax refunds and stealing Social Security benefits. Kathleen Mannion, 59, of Lawrence, was sentenced on Mar  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Seeds of something different * In Berlin in the early 1870s, tourists began visiting a neighborhood called Barackia. It did not have museums, palaces, or any other typical attractions. Barackia was a working-class neighborhood where people grew their own food, lived in small dwellings, and established communal arrangements outside the normal reach of government. For a while, anyway  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Demands Transparency from ICE on Arrests in Massachusetts * Boston -Governor Maura Healey today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons demanding full transparency and accountability about ICE arrests and detention practices in Massachusetts. Governor Healey   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on March 6, 2026: * * * Neal Statement on February 2026 Jobs Report SPRINGFIELD, MA-- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February 2026 jobs report: "The warning signs about this economy have been flashing for months. Yet Republicans  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * ICYMI: From Red to Blue Districts, Local Democrats Are Overperforming and Winning Big Against Trump and Republicans' Toxic Agenda On Tuesday, voters turned out to elect Democratic candidates who are focused on lowering costs, protecting health care, and building a more affordable America for working families. * In Arkansas, Alex Holladay won the Arkansas House District 70 elec  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New York Post Feature: House's Medicaid fraud probe expands to 10 states - including New York, California: 'Combat rampant waste' In case you missed it, the New York Post recently published an article highlighting letters sent to ten states, authored by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce,  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Edwin Osario for Election to Congress * AFGE says Osario will fight for federal workers FLEMINGTON, N.J. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Edwin Osario for election to the U.S. House representing New York's 7 th Congressional District in the 2026 elections. The st  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Low-cost Preventive Measures Could Mitigate Spread of Bacteria Causing Neonatal Mortality A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart outbreaks of infections from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and mortality in Africa and South Asia.  Sepsis is a leading cause of neo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Man Arrested and Charged with Falsely Impersonating U.S. Army Veteran for Over 30 Years * BOSTON - A Pittsfield, Mass. man has been arrested and charged with falsely impersonating a United States Army veteran for over 30 years to obtain medical care at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and other benefits. James D. Sommers, whose age   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Personal tech, social media, and the "decline of humanity" * Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the damage smartphones and social media are doing to our cognition, our civic fabric, and our children's wellbeing, while calling for renewed action to ward off their effects, in the latest of MIT's Compton Lectures on Wednesday. "Around the world, peop  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Studying the genetic basis of disease to explore fundamental biological questions * When Associate Professor Eliezer Calo PhD '11 was applying for faculty positions, he was drawn to MIT not only because it's his alma mater, but also because the Department of Biology places high value on exploring fundamental questions in biology. In his own lab, Calo studies how craniofacial malf  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity * To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to store such an enormous amount of greenhouse gas is in the Earth itself. If carbon dioxide were pumped into the cracks and crevices   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Nominations Open for iCons Teaching Fellowship * The UMass iCons Program is now accepting nominations of UMass faculty members for the iCons Teaching Fellowship. iCons Teaching Fellows will teach one iCons course for two to three years and receive professional development funding after year two of the fellowship. Faculty members may be nominated for the iCons Teaching Fellowship by current i  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * On House Floor, Pressley Condemns Trump's War in Iran, Makes Urgent Plea to Stop War, Consider Troops and Defenseless Children * "When a nation loses care and concern for children, all the children, a nation becomes irredeemable." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) delivered a powerful speech on the House floor condemning Donald Trump waging an endless  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis * Oxfam and partners are responding to the immediate needs of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel's bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon, as the conflict across the region enters a dramatically new and dangerous phase. Oxfam in Lebanon is scaling up its emerge  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news on March 5, 2026: * * * Say What?! Trump DOJ Argues 'RFK Jr. Can Push Measles Herd Immunity in Theory' A Trump DOJ lawyer debuted a jaw-dropping argument in a Massachusetts District Court this week that Trump health secretary RFK Jr. "has 'broad, unreviewable authority' to alter vaccine policy and could, hypothetically, recommend people get measles to achieve herd immunity if he believed that best served public health," as repo  more

ITHACA, New York, March 6 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Renowned artist Jeffrey Gibson to give public talk March 24 * Jeffrey Gibson, an interdisciplinary artist whose immersive work explores ideas around belonging and utilizes layered materials and reference points, will give a public talk in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium March 24 as the spring 2026 John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series speaker at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Ce  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSLrpt) -- Resources for the Future issued the following report on Feb. 18, 2026 by Emma DeAngeli, Margaret A. Walls and Yongfan Zhao entitled "Adapting Wastewater Infrastructure to Sea Level Rise: A Review of Coastal State Policies for Septic Systems". Here is the executive summary: * * * One in five homes in the United States relies on on-site waste disposal systems (OWDS), or septic systems, to manage wastewater. In rural areas, the OWDS share is even higher. Rising   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Senate Democratic Leaders Release Joint Statement on Trump Administration's Weakening of Sanctions on Russian Oil in Attempt to Dampen Economic Impacts of Trump's Iran War Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Me  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Applauds Committee Passage of His Priorities in Weather Act and NASA Reauthorizations * Washington (March 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee released the following statement after his Coordinated Federal Response to Extreme Heat Act (S. 325) and components  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey, Colleagues Call for State Energy Regulators to Protect Ratepayers from Data Center-Related Cost Hikes Boston - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), today wrote to Ann Rendahl, President of the National Association of Regul  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Skilled US, Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative use education to improve economic outcomes When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe in 2020, Harvard Law School alum Earl Martin Phalen '93 wanted to do his part to address the increase in job loss and financial instability through his organization Skilled US. Phalen established Skilled US, a multi-state workforce development organization co  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - March 6, 2026 * * Climate Change * Clean Air * Clean Energy * Climate Change * Dirty Energy * Public Lands & Oceans * Toxics * Trump Administration * California * Massachusetts * Michigan * New Jersey * New York * Washington *** Original text here: https://www.lcv.org/media-center/this-week-in-climat  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Trump and Now-Ousted Noem Have Used Immigration Enforcement as a Weapon Against Reproductive Freedom * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: DATE: Friday, March 6, 2026 Yesterday, on the heels of two days of combative congressional hearing appearances, Trump fired Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary and is tapping  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Hosts Italian Translanguaging Professional Development Series * The UMass Amherst Bilingual Hub in the College of Education recently hosted an innovative professional development course on translanguaging in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) education for Italian language teachers.Sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International C  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * The 'Great Texas Freeze' Killed Thousands of Purple Martins; Biologists Worry Recovery Could Take Decades * Thousands of birds, including beloved purple martins, died in "The Great Texas Freeze" of 2021. Thanks to a recent study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, we now know not only the extent of the die-off-up to 27% of the  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, March 6 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Awards $50K in Grants Through New Charitable Foundation * VHB's Charitable Foundation recently awarded six grants-$50,000 in total-to nonprofits nominated by VHB employees for their impact in local communities. Each organization was championed by a VHBer who   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 6 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington secures court order to enforce ruling that requires FEMA to restore billions in disaster mitigation funding * Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition today secured a court order requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take concrete steps to reverse the termination of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program (B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * When Small Cell Lung Cancer Hides from Immune Cells, Blood Vessels May Hold the Key * BOSTON -Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered why small cell lung cancer (SCLC) can stay largely out of reach of the immune system, even when the cancer cells themselves are vulnerable to immune attack. In the most common form of neuroendocrine SCLC, invest  more