Senator Ed Markey

Lawmakers from D.C. and Beacon Hill were among those who showed up to a nearly empty New Bedford warehouse Thursday morning for a tour of Bristol Community College's latest project: a planned training facility for offshore wind green jobs.

Kennedy announced the endorsements of three Massachusetts labor unions: IBEW Local 103, Teamsters Local 25 and the Massachusetts State Council of Machinists.

Kennedy has been weighing a Senate run for weeks and multiple media outlets reported late Wednesday that he'll formally announce it Saturday in East Boston.

U.S. Senator Ed Markey made a stop at New Bedford Vocational Technical High School to promote the Green New Deal Resolution Wednesday night.

Senator Ed Markey will be bringing his Green New Deal Town Hall to Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School.

President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are locked in an increasingly bitter, public dispute over the progress (or the lack thereof) on advancing Trump's agenda. Trump was elected last Fall by the so-called forgotten men and women of middle America because he promised to address the problems most impacting their lives...

Thousands of flights depart U.S. airports daily. Most of them reach their destination without incident.  When mistakes are made they can be doozies. There has been reporting in recent weeks about overbooked flights resulting in passengers being told they had to surrender seats they had paid for...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren's constant sniping and barking at the incoming Trump Administration is both annoying and dangerous. The Massachusetts Democrat, like many on the left, has been unable to accept that fact that her side has lost the election and move on. ...

The debate rambles on in the wake of the shooting rampage over the weekend in Orlando Florida. Left leaning Senators like Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren  want to make it harder for law abiding citizens to have any gun, and when it comes to semi automatic and automatic guns, Senator Warren is invoking an inflammatory term to scare folks...

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate what he called the unfair or deceptive acts of some liquid-nicotine retailers. The Massachusetts lawmaker sent a letter requesting the probe Tuesday. The letter was co-signed by eight fellow Democratic senators, including Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut...