Representative Niki Tsongas News

Gov. Deval Patrick, fifth from left, helps mark the start of the $800 million Hamilton Canal District redevelopment yesterday with, from left, MassHousing Executive Director Thomas Gleason, state Reps.

For much of this year, both the House and Senate have been working on health care reform legislation with the goal of providing health care coverage for all Americans and lowering the unsustainable costs in our health care system.

Stephen Kinney of North Chelmsford, a retired sergeant with the Army National Guard, accepts his Purple Heart from U.S. Rep.

The money is supposed to fund development of a fiber-optic cable repair tool, one that could, at least theoretically, one day be useful to the Navy.

Opening up a major fissure in the US Senate race, Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday that she opposes the landmark health care bill approved by the House Saturday because it contains a provision restricting federal funding for abortion.

Open letter to Niki Tsongas: Dear Rep. Tsongas, It has been more than 24 hours since I sent my most recent e-mail to you with no response, and for others many weeks have passed with no response as well.

Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts Republican who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate, now holds another distinction.

In the race to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley continues to enjoy a sizeable lead over three other opponents according to a recent Western New England College poll.

Representative Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, is endorsing Attorney General Martha Coakley on Wednesday for the Senate seat formerly held by the late Edward M. Kennedy.

The smell of hot cider flowed through the crisp, autumn air. U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, a day removed from the two-year anniversary of her election to Congress, held court with supporters and constituents Oct.

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Niki Tsongas. [Source: Boston Herald] Representative Niki Tsongas holds a town hall to discuss health care reform in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

The injuries that have kept state Sen. Jamie Eldridge in the hospital since last Wednesday were the result of a seizure suffered by the Acton Democrat in his home last week that led to him fracturing his shoulder, collarbone, several ribs and vertebrae in his back, according to his staff.

A forum for students from the 5th Congressional District who are interested in attending one of the service academies will be hosted by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, on Oct.

Three members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation are renewing the call for greater construction oversight of Pan Am Railways' rail-to-truck auto distribution yard off Willow Road.

They are stealth candidates - politicking without actually asking for a vote, jockeying for an opening that doesn't exist, looking for an edge in case it does.

"I think Haverhill water is better than what you buy in the store. I tell people 'You're wasting your money on bottled water.' We have great water." - Haverhill City Councilor William Ryan, discussing plans by the city to eventually tap groundwater wells along the Merrimack River as a future drinking water source.

Seeking to become the first female U.S. senator from Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley has used her status as the only woman in the race to lock up key support from women lawmakers and political groups.

On Wednesday in Boston, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will formally roll out her roster of women's endorsements, underscoring the role that a politically active network of women's groups will play in the sprint to the January special election for the late Sen.

Gov. Deval Patrick tapped Kennedy family confidant Paul Kirk Jr. yesterday to temporarily fill the seat of the late Sen.