by Sam Dallaire | Mar 17, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
By Matt Berg The Massachusetts congressional delegation on Wednesday called on MBTA officials to justify service cuts amid increased federal transit funding, saying the reductions disproportionately affect essential workers from low-income communities. In a letter,...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 16, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WHDH Channel 7 By State House News Service The state’s Congressional delegation is “furious” about service reductions at the MBTA and plans to have “hard conversations” with transit officials and Gov. Charlie Baker about reversing them, U.S. Rep....
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 16, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, News & Updates
WATD Radio Congressman Stephen Lynch visited Boston, Quincy, and Brockton to discuss the $1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan. Brockton will receive $35.6 million dollars in this round of funding for impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We think the best thing to...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
Patriot Ledger By Mary Whitfil QUINCY – U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch bashed the MBTA on Monday for furloughing workers and continuing with service cuts despite receiving significant federal aid. “We didn’t give a couple billion dollars...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
‘They’re going in the opposite direction that we need to be going in,’ Representative Stephen Lynch says Boston Globe By Adam Vaccaro and Travis Andersen Days after President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion relief package, congressman Stephen Lynch denounced the MBTA for...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WCVB-TV BOSTON- A member of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation expressed opposition to some of the cost-cutting measures under consideration by the MBTA. Rep. Stephen Lynch appeared alongside Mayor Marty Walsh at Faneuil Hall on Monday morning and spoke at...
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