![LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar to that of the New Deal as he told The Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise that bold action is needed to stave off economic catastrophe […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-Markey3-1.jpg?w=134 "LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar to that of the New Deal as he told The Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise that bold action is needed to stave off economic catastrophe […]")
Markey calls for massive stimulus efforts in sit down with Sun editorial board
LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar...
![LOWELL — Less than two weeks after Rep.Lori Trahan declared “racism is a public health crisis” even though the Lowell City Council does not agree, Trahan on Monday announced that the Lowell Community Health Center will get a $665,000 federal grant to help reduce racial disparities in healthcare in Lowell. The grant, from the U.S. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LOW-L-lchcCovidTesting114-1.jpg?w=125 "LOWELL — Less than two weeks after Rep.Lori Trahan declared “racism is a public health crisis” even though the Lowell City Council does not agree, Trahan on Monday announced that the Lowell Community Health Center will get a $665,000 federal grant to help reduce racial disparities in healthcare in Lowell. The grant, from the U.S. […]")
![U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Massachusetts had not adequately prepared for emergencies at two soldiers homes where dozens of aging veterans died as a result of COVID-19. “I think there will be a reckoning,” Wilkie said regarding failures at such facilities, as he called for a conversation about how to better care for […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-wilkie3-1.jpg?w=132 "U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Massachusetts had not adequately prepared for emergencies at two soldiers homes where dozens of aging veterans died as a result of COVID-19. “I think there will be a reckoning,” Wilkie said regarding failures at such facilities, as he called for a conversation about how to better care for […]")
![LOWELL – Black women in America are twice likely to die as a result of complications from childbirth than women of any other race, and that disparity remains despite income, geographic location, or any other factor, Rep. Lauren Underwood said recently while discussing racial disparities in the healthcare system with Rep. Lori Trahan. Underwood, who […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-TrahanConvo-1.jpg?w=140 "LOWELL – Black women in America are twice likely to die as a result of complications from childbirth than women of any other race, and that disparity remains despite income, geographic location, or any other factor, Rep. Lauren Underwood said recently while discussing racial disparities in the healthcare system with Rep. Lori Trahan. Underwood, who […]")
![LOWELL – Over a year and more than $380,000 later, Rep. Lori Trahan has been cleared of campaign finance allegations by the House Committee on Ethics. The Committee ended more than a year of questions surrounding Trahan’s campaign finances during the contentious 2018 primary that she narrowly won over Dan Koh of Andover. At issue […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SEN-L-QinetiQ_082719_03-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – Over a year and more than $380,000 later, Rep. Lori Trahan has been cleared of campaign finance allegations by the House Committee on Ethics. The Committee ended more than a year of questions surrounding Trahan’s campaign finances during the contentious 2018 primary that she narrowly won over Dan Koh of Andover. At issue […]")
![GROTON — Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey announced Thursday that the cause of a June 1 fire on Main Street in Groton that injured a resident and a firefighter was improper disposal of smoking materials — the third time so far this year that a serious fire in Greater […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-grotonfire1-1-1.jpg?w=132 "GROTON — Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey announced Thursday that the cause of a June 1 fire on Main Street in Groton that injured a resident and a firefighter was improper disposal of smoking materials — the third time so far this year that a serious fire in Greater […]")
![LITTLETON — Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office announced it is investigating the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, a Littleton nursing home where 24 residents and one staff member have died of COVID-19. The probe comes in the wake of several calls for such an investigation and increased oversight at nursing homes statewide. “My office […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOW-L-lifeCareGuard114-1.jpg?w=71 "LITTLETON — Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office announced it is investigating the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, a Littleton nursing home where 24 residents and one staff member have died of COVID-19. The probe comes in the wake of several calls for such an investigation and increased oversight at nursing homes statewide. “My office […]")
![LOWELL – Lowell General Hospital announced it is closing the alternative care space setup last month inside the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center as admissions for COVID-19 have leveled off in the past two weeks. The 85-bed site was setup on three basketball courts in the Campus Recreation Center in mid-April, and included a mobile […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/low-l-fieldhospital1-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – Lowell General Hospital announced it is closing the alternative care space setup last month inside the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center as admissions for COVID-19 have leveled off in the past two weeks. The 85-bed site was setup on three basketball courts in the Campus Recreation Center in mid-April, and included a mobile […]")
![LOWELL – Opinions on the state and federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were largely split along partisan lines in a new UMass Lowell poll, but Gov. Charlie Baker defied those partisan biases to score more points with Democrats than Republicans. The UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion conducted the poll of 1,000 registered voters […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOW-L-UMLcoburnhall219-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – Opinions on the state and federal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were largely split along partisan lines in a new UMass Lowell poll, but Gov. Charlie Baker defied those partisan biases to score more points with Democrats than Republicans. The UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion conducted the poll of 1,000 registered voters […]")
![Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said it appears COVID-19 cases are plateauing in Massachusetts as hospital capacity remains at just 47%, but she warned that face masks will be important for a long time to come, and that an effort she is co-chairing to reopen the state’s economy is just getting started. “We’ve had a sort […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOW-L-grant1-1.jpg?w=125 "Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said it appears COVID-19 cases are plateauing in Massachusetts as hospital capacity remains at just 47%, but she warned that face masks will be important for a long time to come, and that an effort she is co-chairing to reopen the state’s economy is just getting started. “We’ve had a sort […]")