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Leaders Push to Fund Fare-Free Transit in Boston, Citing Successful Pilot Programs
Some of Massachusetts’s federal representatives are renewing a push for free transit. Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, both Democrats, announced Monday they are reintroducing the Freedom to Move Act, legislation that would allocate $25 billion over five years to support state and local transit agencies to create fare-free public transportation systems. “We need fare-free because public transit creates…
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Pressley Meets With Marathon Bombing Survivors to Highlight Needs for Trauma Response
The next pandemic with which the U.S. will have to contend is widespread and untreated trauma, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said Tuesday. Pressley met with Boston Marathon bombing survivors at a community health center in Dorchester to discuss the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act, which Pressley and other lawmakers filed in 2021 after conversations with marathon bombing survivors. President Joe Biden…
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‘To the Former Occupant, the People Know Who You Are': Mass. Lawmakers React to Trump's 2024 Bid
Lawmakers in Massachusetts are reacting to former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is running for president once again for the 2024 election. Trump announced his third campaign for the White House Tuesday night from Mar-a-Lago, only a week following a disappointing midterm showing by Republicans. Within the 9 o’clock hour Tuesday evening, several lawmakers in the Bay State were…