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BOSTON (WHDH) – Senator Ed Markey took a stance in the battle against opioids Sunday as he joined forces with Hillary Clinton. The democratic presidential candidate is the first to release a plan to address the drug crisis. The plan includes $10 billion in funding to expand treatment and recovery services. In 2014, more than […] More »

If the calls are growing for greater transparency — let’s make that honesty — regarding the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline proposal and who will benefit from an enlarged natural gas supply, it’s because more and more people are connecting the dots as the companies involved race to get permits and permissions. This time it was […] More »

Citing safety and security concerns, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called on the Federal Aviation Administration to provide information on what the agency is doing to reduce the risks of drones colliding with airplanes. The FAA is finalizing rules for large commercial drones. In a letter to FAA administrator Michael Huerta, Markey, D-Mass., said this week […] More »

Citing policy blunders that might have increased the opiate crisis, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., continues to try to block President Barack Obama’s Food and Drug Administration Commissioner nominee, Dr. Robert Califf. On Jan. 25, Markey placed the nomination on hold until the FDA commits to immediate changes in policies on the approval of opioid-based medicines. […] More »

Concerned by recent reports of drones flying dangerously close to planes over the skies of Massachusetts, Senator Edward J. Markey sent a letter to federal aviation officials Monday seeking a host of details on what the agency is doing to prevent potential collisions. “All it takes is one drone to fly into the path of […] More »

Every year, American cable-TV subscribers spend $231 on average to rent cable boxes that they should be able to buy outright, potentially saving them hundreds of dollars over several years. Consumers could soon have that option under an excellent proposal by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Even as computers, wireless phones and other […] More »

US Senator Edward Markey is using Senate rules to block the nomination of a proposed new leader of the US Food and Drug Administration in an attempt to force the agency to rescind its approval of a prescription opioid for children and change its regulatory practices, Markey said in a Globe interview. Using parliamentary procedures, […] More »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Edward Markey pledged Thursday to bring legislation to the Senate floor that would provide the Centers for Disease Control funding to research gun violence for the first time in two decades. “We will have plenty of opportunities before the end of the year to make sure this discussion happens on the […] More »

SPRINGFIELD ‒ U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., joined a handful of Senate Democrats and others Thursday to urge congressional leaders to support funding federal research on the causes of gun violence and ways to prevent it. Markey, who has been pushing Congress to appropriate funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study […] More »

Across Boston on Monday, elected officials and activists called for social justice and equality of opportunity, evoking the legacy and principles of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in speeches and demonstrations around the city. On the national holiday to honor King, a host of elected officials called for equal access to housing, jobs, health […] More »