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December 12, 2016
By THOMAS GRILLO

PEABODY— Help is on the way for North Shore entrepreneurs seeking cash to start a business, first-time homebuyers looking for a low-cost mortgage and the unemployed seeking job training.


December 11, 2016
By STEVE KRAUSE

BEVERLY — Nancy Frates says that March 13, 2012, was the lowest day in her life.

That’s when the news came that her son, Peter, had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, paralysis and, ultimately, respiratory failure; and for which there is no cure.


December 10, 2016
BEDFORD -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New England headquarters will be relocated to Hanscom Air Force Base, thanks to legislation that passed on Thursday in the House of Representatives.


December 8, 2016
By: William Dowd

A bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, aimed in part at cutting down on veterans' wait times to get in front of medical doctors, cleared the House Tuesday.


December 8, 2016
By: Paul Leighton

BEVERLY — The passage of landmark legislation designed to help people with eating disorders has hit home for millions of people dealing with the disease — including one family from Beverly.


December 6, 2016
By: William J. Dowd

A bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, aimed in part at cutting down on veterans' wait times to get in front of medical doctors, cleared the House Tuesday.


December 5, 2016
By: John Michael Spinelli

One of Ohio’s four Democratic Congressman, 43-year old Tim Ryan of Niles near Youngstown, lost a widely watched bid to topple Nancy Pelosi from California in a House Democratic Caucus election held Wednesday.


December 5, 2016
By: Jacqueline Klimas

The fiscal 2017 defense policy bill provides fewer than half of the visas for Afghan interpreters that the administration asked for, sending advocates and lawmakers back to the drawing board on how to allow the 12,000 who have applied to come to the U.S.


December 5, 2016
By: Katie Lannan

As the Democratic Party responds to an election that landed Republicans in control of the White House and both branches of Congress, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton on Monday said his party needs to rethink both its message and its messengers.


December 5, 2016
By: Trudy Rubin

If Donald Trump really wants to help the U.S. military and make American great again, I've got a suggestion. What better way to promote both goals than by keeping Congress' promises to admit Iraqis and Afghans who helped U.S. troops?