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August 3, 2020

SALEM — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 on Thursday, which would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $34 billion for harbor dredging over the next decade and possibly put a project in Newburyport Harbor closer on the horizon. 


August 3, 2020

Hand in hand on Monday, Congressman Seth Moulton and his 22-month-old daughter Emmy walked the warehouse of Gloucester Bio, a company that has shifted production in order to meet a need during the pandemic.


July 28, 2020

Massachusetts lawmakers painted the coronavirus stimulus package unveiled by Senate Republicans on Monday as inadequate and irresponsible in light of severe and widespread economic fallout sparked by the pandemic.


July 27, 2020

To the editor:

We need our legislators to be reliable champions of mental health, and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has proven himself to be just that since the day he was elected.


July 26, 2020

LYNN — A U.S. House of Representatives version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act would provide $249 million for the GE Aviation River Works plant in Lynn.

The funding, championed by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, would go toward GE’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), which makes a new generation of engines for the military’s Blackhawk and Apache helicopters.


July 22, 2020

Retired US Army Gen. Russel Honoré, the three-star general who commanded the military's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, sharply criticized the Department of Homeland Security for wearing military uniforms.


July 21, 2020

SALEM — The use of 988 as the National Suicide Prevention Hotline took another step closer to reality last week as the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to designate the three-digit number as the national number for mental health emergencies.


July 19, 2020

SALEM — Sixth District Rep. Seth Moulton said Saturday that no one commanded more respect in the House of Representatives chamber than John Lewis. 

“When I grew up, we seemed to have a lot of great American heroes around. From the greatest generation who won World War II,” said Moulton, a congressman since 2015. 


July 18, 2020

Summoning the police or fire department is an act so straightforward, children are drilled to remember the significance of dialing “911” before they show up for the first day of kindergarten. Digits for directory assistance — 411 — are nearly as identifiable. Less widespread, though every bit as sticky in memory, are the municipal information lines such as Boston’s “311.”