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Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) joined Worcester community leaders to participate in the first West Boylston Street Beautification Project and tree planting. Community members and volunteers came together to plant 30 trees along the stretch of West Boylston Street across from the Greendale Fire Station

Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-03) joined business and community leaders at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce (NCM) in Fitchburg to announce that the NCM’s Development Corporation has been designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Microlender for local small businesses. The SBA presented the NCM’s Development Corporation with a check of $500,000 for the microloan program.

Despite a strong first quarter, industry leaders are warning that future solar growth in Massachusetts is being jeopardized because net energy metering (NEM) caps have been reached in many areas of the state. These caps have been hit because of the exploding popularity of solar – evidenced by a 150 percent increase in new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the same quarter a year ago.

Governor Charlie Baker today announced a $1.25 million funding increase for the Shannon Grant program to support regional and multi-disciplinary approaches to combat gang and youth violence. Communities and organizations from Pittsfield to Boston will see a funding boost to combat youth violence this summer

As Congressional Republicans continue to threaten repeal of the Affordable Care Act, today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), authors of the Independence At Home (IAH) program in the health care reform law, hailed initial savings of $25 million for the pilot program. The Independence At Home Demonstration provides chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries with primary care services in the home setting

Tomorrow, June 19th, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) will join Worcester community leaders to participate in the first West Boylston Street Beautification Project and tree planting. Community members and volunteers will come together to plant 30 trees along the stretch of West Boylston Street across from the Greendale Fire Station.

Tomorrow, June 19th, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-03) will join business and community leaders at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce (NCM) in Fitchburg to announce that NCM has been designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Microlender for local small businesses

Today the Department of Housing and Community Development announced Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery for four communities across Massachusetts. Brimfield received $236,250 for recovery after the 2011 tornado; Northbridge received $259,900 for damages to the Rockdale Youth Center during two FEMA-identified disasters; Norton received $570,675 for a Woodlands Meadow drainage project to address damages from Hurricane Sandy; and Holland received $88,200 for damages from Hurricane Irene and other FEMA identified disasters

Today the BHA issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting developers to submit redevelopment proposals to preserve and rebuild existing affordable housing at the Bunker Hill public housing development.  The issuance of the RFP comes as BHA is seeking ways to upgrade and make sustainable its affordable housing communities in the wake of historic federal budget cuts

A metal-cladding company will pay a civil penalty of $50,000 to resolve allegations that it unlawfully stored industrial wastewater at its facility in Attleboro, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today recognized Boston Properties and Boston Medical Center as the two newest participants in the Greenovate Boston Mayor’s Carbon Cup. The recognition took place at the Green Ribbon Commission meeting, held this morning. The Mayor’s Carbon Cup recognizes the commitments of large organizations--hospitals, universities and commercial building portfolios--to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 35 percent by 2020.

The Town of Framingham has received a copy of the Comprehensive Site Audit Report issued by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on June 3, 2015 to Eversource Energy (formerly NSTAR Gas and Electric Company) the owner of property located at 350 Irving St. in Framingham. This site audit report describes the results of an extensive audit MassDEP conducted starting in the fall of 2014 and included a comprehensive review of the environmental assessment and ongoing site cleanup activities at Eversource’s property at 350 Irving Street in Framingham

Massachusetts businesses and residents affected by the Brookside condominium fire on May 5, 2015, can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced today.

Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) released the following statement in response to the House consideration of H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015. “The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is on the wrong track. This trade agreement includes several countries with abysmal records on human rights and labor and environmental protection. And TPP does nothing to guarantee that will change.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Tuesday announced the winning projects of the Youth Participatory Budgeting Vote. This year’s vote, in which young Bostonians ages 12-25 decided how to allocate $1 million of the City of Boston Capital Budget, is the second time the City has engaged young residents in the budgetary process, and is the first initiative of its kind in the nation