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Gov. Deval Patrick announced Monday $10.2 million in stimulus funding for improvements to the Fitchburg commuter rail line.

Gov. Deval Patrick and U.S. Rep. John W. Olver, D-Amherst, today announced a $10.2 million project to upgrade the Fitchburg-to-Boston commuter rail line.

Rep. John W. Olver, D-Amherst, announced yesterday the House of Representatives has approved $11.1 million in funding for Pioneer Valley projects as part of a $447 billion fiscal 2010 omnibus appropriations bill.

Community Health Connections Inc. will receive nearly $11 million to renovate the former Burbank Hospital, a former inpatient facility that is being used as an outpatient primary care clinic.

After lengthy negotiations, the House and Senate agreed last night on a massive "omnibus" spending bill [ PDF ] that includes $2.5 billion for high-speed rail -- a compromise between the two chambers -- as well as $150 million for the Obama administration's sustainable communities effort and $150 million for the Washington D.C. Metro system.

Mode 4 Music A fun music school in Hyannis offering private lessons for guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, theory and audio engineering, as well as rock band class, where kids get to rehearse and play in a band which does public performances around the Cape.

University of Massachusetts senior James Greene has the convenience of driving his car to the eastern part of the state when he wants to return to his parents' home in Belmont.

Representative Bill Delahunt is the only member of the Massachusetts delegation who has not endorsed a candidate for US Senate.

Democrats everywhere cheered U.S. Rep. Barney Frank in August when he reacted to a woman holding a poster of Obama-as-Hitler at a meeting in Dartmouth by asking "Madam, on what planet do you spend most of your time?" But the much-publicized exchange that furthered the blunt-speaking Frank's star status among Democrats had nothing to do with the ...

Vermont's only member in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat, voted Saturday night in support of what he called a "momentous step" toward providing health security and stability to all Americans.

Former colleagues from across the region and the state hailed Mayor John Barrett III as a "regional treasure," a "legendary" advocate for his community who displayed "grit" and "passion" in steering his city through its darkest times and preparing it for a bright future.

House Democratic leaders hope to finish work on the remaining appropriations bills in roughly the next two weeks, and could tee up an omnibus package, but Senate Democrats still hope to finish some of the bills one at a time.

While his opponents and many political candidates around the country are running against Washington, US Representative Michael E. Capuano is casting himself as the quintessential Beltway insider deeply comfortable in the corridors of power.

If you've been listening as I have to and about the health-care debate in Congress, you're probably wondering how much is informed opinion, how much is misguided opinion, and how much is politically or agenda driven, and how much is true? The only thing I can say with certainty about truth is that it is consistent; and I haven't observed anything ...

Anybody who was anyone even remotely connected with construction of the new library-senior center-meeting room complex and a Who's Who of the town's citizenry attended a private reception Tuesday night, three days before the official dedication set for Oct.

Democrats have turned the latest stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running into a mini-stimulus of sorts.

HAP Housing excutive director Peter A.Gagliardi and keynote speaker Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, answer questions for reporters prior to a forum on housing at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke Monday.

U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, has accumulated the fourth-largest campaign war chest among House incumbents so far in the 2010 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that analyzes the campaign finance reports filed by candidates with the Federal Election Commission.

Representative Barney Frank's central role in drafting new regulations for the US financial industry has dramatically boosted his power as a political fund-raiser, helping him increase campaign contributions by almost a third more than at this point in the last election cycle.

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray is in North Adams today, meeting with municipal and educational leaders.