James McGovern News

"As a seventh-grader during the Vietnam War, he passed out antiwar campaign literature for the former South Dakota senator, and as a college student he interned in the senatora s Washington office.

The four Democrats and two Republicans running in Tuesday's primary election to choose the major party candidates for the state's first open U.S. Senate seat in 25 years moved their campaign apparatuses into high gear this weekend, barnstorming, airing new television ads and revving up phone banks targeting likely voters.

The region's congressional delegation is greeting President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan with questions, and in some cases, criticism.

President Obama, declaring the war in Afghanistan vital to American security, appealed Tuesday night for public and congressional support for a 30,000-troop surge that will cost $30 billion this fiscal year.

Representative James McGovern is ramping up his leadership of members of Congress opposed to President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan.

Rep. Jim McGovern has been opposed to increasing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

President Obama last night made the argument for 30,000 more US troops in Afghanistan with a heavy burden: He cannot count on his fellow Democrats for support.

Senator John McCain on Tuesday expressed support for the plan to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but said he objected to setting a date for an exit strategy to begin as early as 2011.

Last week, the attorney general's office issued an injunction against two white men charged with a racially motivated attack on a black woman at the Honey Farms convenience store at 241 Grove St.

Fire engines in Dudley could arrive at weekend fires sooner now that the department has enough money for a firefighter on standby at the station.

The city's Police and Fire departments will receive federal stimulus money today to retain or rehire police officers and firefighters.

Add David Obey to the increasingly vocal foes of General Stanley McChrystal's proposed escalation of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a group that includes Arlen Specter and the 57 Congresspeople who signed Massachusetts Congressmen James McGovern's letter to the President.

The Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs approved UMass Dartmouth's proposal to establish the state's first public law program.

Former City Councilor Michael C. Perotto yesterday announced he is running for state representative in the 13th Worcester District.

The plan to create a public law program moved forward Wednesday when the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs approved a proposal, bringing about a fully accredited law program without drawing on state or university funds.

Speier , who represents California's 12th District which includes parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties, did not make a complete ass of herself -- and in this context, that's a remarkable achievement.

John Kerry and Congressmen Barney Frank and James McGovern. "The creation of this law school at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will greatly aid the region's workforce, employers and residents," they wrote in a Tuesday letter to Gov.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern received an honorary degree from the University of Central America in El Salvador for his work in an American Congressional investigation into the killing of six Jesuit priests by a military death squad in 1989.

As the nation gives thanks later this month, a few colleges are already working to help others less fortunate.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Survey verifies approach; foundation OKs funds James Welch left and Frank Schneider the first two tenants of the Home Again program leave the PIP Shelter Monday after the grant program was announced.