Today Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) continued his affordable housing tour of Central Massachusetts with two events following yesterday’s visit to Linwood Mill Apartments in Northbridge, which received $60,100 in federal low-income tax credits for redevelopment of the historic textile mill to create 75 units of affordable elderly rental housing.
Congressman McGovern joined a… Read more »
Today Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) toured Linwood Mill Apartments as part of his work to highlight the need for affordable housing in Central Massachusetts. The property was developed by EA Fish Development, which in February 2011 received $60,100 in federal low-income tax credits for redevelopment of the historic textile mill to create 75 units of affordable elderly rental… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY – Today Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) joined national health and hunger leaders at the New York Hunger Summit to highlight the staggering costs of hunger as a health issue. Joining today’s summit will be leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), AARP, Feeding America, Hunger Free America, Harvard Law School, Yale University, Columbia… Read more »
Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded today’s announcement that Massachusetts has been selected by the Department of Defense to host a $317 million public-private research partnership called the Revolutionary Fiber and Textile Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
The Institute will be based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with participation from UMass… Read more »
Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) today applauded the announcement from the White House that it is calling for an expansion of specialized treatment for prescription painkiller and heroin addiction and training of medical school students using the newly-released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prescriber guidelines for opioids. President Obama spoke today at this week’s… Read more »
Today Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) met with the Worcester and Northborough students who won the 2015 Congressional App Challenge for the Massachusetts 2nd Congressional District. The winners included Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School students Benjamin Duby, Thomas Narusevicious, Anthony Abusamra, and Zach Vance and Algonquin Regional High School students Thomas… Read more »
LEVERETT, MA – Today at 1:00 p.m., Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) will speak with Western Massachusetts students, teachers, and parents about Massachusetts politics and ways for students to get involved.
Congressman McGovern will be speaking to a class called “This is What Democracy Looks Like,” one of the classes offered by 20-family cooperative of homeschool parents… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded the $94 million in funding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced they will award to 271 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services in health centers, with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) announced that he will join President Obama on his upcoming trip to Cuba on March 21-22. President Obama’s trip to Cuba will be the first for a sitting president in 88 years. Joining President Obama and Congressman McGovern on the Cuba Trip will be First Lady Michelle Obama, senior White House officials, and other members of… Read more »
WORECESTER and Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) rode from Worcester to Boston to highlight a permanent increase in the commuter tax benefit for mass transit riders that was included in a bipartisan multi-year tax package that was signed into law in December 2015.
Joining Congressman McGovern were MassDOT Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, MBTA General Manager Frank… Read more »
