HIGH PRICES HAVE left millions of Americans struggling to pay their bills. The cost of virtually everything has skyrocketed, from food to rent to used cars, but particularly energy. Wellhead prices of natural gas have more than doubled in the last year and heating oil costs this winter will double as well. No one who […]
Joseph P. Kennedy III
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State should reopen review of East Boston substation
OUR COUNTRY’S CLIMATE story is full of horrors – swelling sea levels, toxic pollution, crushing heat, historic hurricanes, and fires leaving unimaginable wreckage in their wake. But underneath these headlines is a chapter that too often gets glanced over: the exploitation and marginalization of American communities forced to bear the brunt of the crisis. This […]
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Kennedy: Not sure this is a moment for waiting
Editor’s note: Congressman Joe Kennedy made the following statement on Monday on his Facebook page: OVER THE PAST few weeks I’ve begun to consider a run for the US Senate. This isn’t a decision I’m approaching lightly and — to be completely candid — I wasn’t expecting to share my thoughts so soon. Family is […]
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Remembering JFK
Barnstable County Assistant District Attorney Joseph P. Kennedy III, the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, delivered the following address at the State House on the 50th anniversary of his great uncle John F. Kennedy’s famed “City upon a Hill” speech. Madame President, Mr. Speaker, thank you for your kind words and for celebrating this […]