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HVAC company Taco triples in size, looks to fill jobs. Has it been affected by tariffs?
With metalworkers at three work stations throwing sparks, an industrial crane skimming the ceiling overhead and a backdrop of water tanks large enough to drive a truck into, Rep. Jake Auchincloss said Taco Comfort Solutions was in the “Massachusetts sweet spot.” “High-mix, high-value advanced manufacturing,” he said. The HVAC manufacturing company, which has recently expanded, is thriving and hiring. Auchincloss said he knows people locally are focused on “work, wages and wealth — and jobs … Continue Reading
October 18, 2025
People Incorporated cuts the ribbon on new Fall River Early Education Center
Fall River, MA - People Incorporated celebrated the grand opening of its latest Early Education Center Friday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 145 Weaver Street, marking a major milestone for the agency’s Children’s Services Division. The event drew a diverse crowd of federal, state, and local leaders, donors, supporters, and community members, all gathered to honor the new facility dedicated to nurturing young learners. Under a tent outside the center, People Incorporated President … Continue Reading
October 13, 2025
Need to Pass a Measure to Fund Govt.: Rep. Auchincloss
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) discusses the Israeli hostages being released and whether or not Democrats need to change their negotiation strategy as the government shutdown reaches its third week. Rep. Auchincloss speaks with Joe Matheiu and Julie Fine on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: … Continue Reading
October 07, 2025
Mass. Rep. Auchincloss: ‘Sustained engagement’ needed for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
October 07, 2025
Haunting South Boston exhibit honors lives lost during Nova Music Festival attack in Israel
A haunting exhibit in South Boston honors the lives of hundreds of people who were killed two years ago during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel at the Nova Music Festival. Walking into the Nova Exhibition in South Boston, there is a sense of loss represented in every empty tent, destroyed car, and forgotten shoe that is on display. "This festival had people from all over the world, all religions, all cultures," survivor Noa Beer said. Tuesday marked two years since Hamas' attack … Continue Reading
September 22, 2025
How to save MassHealth from Trump’s cuts — and improve health care for everyone in the process
MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, is experiencing what hospitals would call code gray — an assault on the grounds. President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill slashes at least $2 billion annually from MassHealth, which provides medical insurance for children and the poor. It also adds onerous requirements for the agency to administer. State and federal officials must come together to protect MassHealth. Better yet, we should make necessity the mother of invention. Here’s how we can do … Continue Reading
September 18, 2025
Lawmakers on Both Sides Want to Cure Social Media ‘Cancer’
Social media has been awash with disturbing videos, hateful posts and partisan politics since conservative icon Charlie Kirk was assassinated last week. Lawmakers from both parties said they’re horrified — and they’re hoping Kirk’s killing is a wakeup call to social media’s dangers. “It’s not that there’s no room in people’s lives for social media,” Sen. Brian Schatz told NOTUS. “But it is breaking us apart civically, and sort of atomizing our communities and making us all inordinately pissed … Continue Reading
September 13, 2025
Tri-County Voc Topping Off Held Friday
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School picked the brightest of bright sunny days to stage their "topping off" ceremony, the placement of the topmost I-beam in the new school building's structure. On hand for the occasion was almost everyone involved in politics or in the school within its district, including Congressman Jake Auchincloss, who was one of the speakers, below, flanked by Wrentham State Rep Marcus Vaughn, and Franklin State Rep. Jeff Roy. As the event got underway under … Continue Reading
September 04, 2025
Digital Dopamine Is Consuming America. It’s Time to Fight for IRL.
You own the most valuable real estate in the world. Deep inside your brain is the nucleus accumbens, a pea-size bundle of neurons. When you do or anticipate something rewarding, dopamine is released in this part of your brain, motivating you to repeat that behavior. Corporations are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to capture this reward system. The miners and merchants of dopamine use bits of software — social media, pornography, online gambling and other apps — to deliver quick hits … Continue Reading
September 03, 2025
Auchincloss, Mass. lawmakers call on Trump to release $1.3B in frozen medical research funding
Calling it a “matter of life and death,” all 11 members of Massachusetts’s Capitol Hill delegation have appealed to the Trump administration to speed the release of more than $1 billion in frozen medical research funding that was supposed to be headed to the Bay State. A Wednesday letter, led by U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-4th District, and sent to Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, highlights reports that the Republican White House has “delayed its … Continue Reading
August 21, 2025
Cong. Auchincloss Rated Tops Nationally for Constituent Service
The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) today announced the winners of the 2025 Democracy Awards, CMF’s signature program recognizing the best in congressional non-legislative achievement. The Best of Constituent Service award went to Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-04, which includes Franklin) and Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT-01). This award recognizes exceptional dedication to serving constituents through effective casework. It highlights a congressional office’s commitment to resolving … Continue Reading
August 11, 2025
Meet the Democrat Taking on RFK Jr.
Representative Jake Auchincloss’ interest in science and health runs in the family. His father was a top official at the National Institutes of Health and served as acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Anthony Fauci left government. Auchincloss’ mother used to lead one of the nation’s premier cancer centers. That pedigree helped position him as one of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fiercest Democratic critics in … Continue Reading
August 08, 2025
Massachusetts leaders break ground on new Sturdy Hospital facility
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — Massachusetts leaders broke ground Friday on a new emergency department for Sturdy Memorial Hospital. The expanded center will have 50 private emergency department rooms, a 12-bed behavioral health unit for patients experiencing mental health crises, two trauma bays, CT scanning and other imaging services. “That’s what makes today so exciting,” said U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, who secured $2.85 million from the federal government for the project. “Everyone is going to … Continue Reading
July 17, 2025
One big disaster for Massachusetts health care
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will be one big disaster for Massachusetts’ health care system and those who rely on it. How big? Approximately 326,000 Massachusetts residents — almost 5 percent of the entire state population — are expected to lose insurance coverage under the bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Massachusetts will lose an estimated $1.97 billion in Medicaid funding in 2029 (once provisions are fully phased in), according to The Commonwealth Fund. State … Continue Reading
July 07, 2025
Uncommon bonds: Speeding transit projects
High partisan tensions in Washington haven’t disrupted the bipartisan push for improving the nation’s infrastructure. Almost four years ago, under former President Joe Biden, Republicans and Democrats joined hands to pass a law with significant new funding to improve the nation’s roads and bridges. Now lawmakers are looking for ways to cut wasted time and bloated costs associated with highways, roads, and railways. As Congress prepares to assemble a package to reauthorize the nation’s … Continue Reading
July 01, 2025
The ‘abundance’ movement’s next front: Transportation
A bipartisan group of House members is asking leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to “cut excessive red tape” when they reauthorize spending on surface transportation — like highways, rail and transit — set to lapse in 2026. “Unlocking America’s economic potential can be achieved by accelerating construction, eliminating unnecessary delays, and clearing the way for smarter, faster infrastructure investment,” Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., and 20 others wrote in a letter … Continue Reading
June 30, 2025
Attleboro area lawmakers tout plans to revitalize long-dormant Mansfield rest area
Congressman Jake Auchincloss and state Sen. Paul Feeney made a New Year’s resolution to start 2024. “We’re going to get the Mansfield rest area project done this year,” Auchincloss said. It won’t be until this fall, but the revitalization project for the Interstate 95 rest area, which has had nothing more than parking spaces and portable toilets for over a dozen years, should be completed within months. The two Democrats, along with state Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt and … Continue Reading
June 23, 2025
Rep. Auchincloss: 'world is safer' after Iran strikes, but Trump must be reined in
Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss is tentatively optimistic that President Trump's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites could bring Iran to the negotiating table. But, he argues, the bombings should spur Congress to shrink the president's war … Continue Reading
June 22, 2025
Auchincloss: President Trump should have asked Congress for authorization to strike Iran
President Trump’s airstrikes Saturday night shocked the world and took some members of Congress by surprise. “I heard about these strikes the same way that every other American heard about them, which was the news and social media,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D - Mass.) said. “Which right up from tells you that this was an Article I embarrassment.” Congressman Auchincloss said, regardless of whether the decision was right or wrong strategically, President Trump should have asked Congress for … Continue Reading
June 17, 2025
Mass. Rep. Auchincloss warns Marines are trained for war — not policing U.S. cities
The 700 United States Marines President Trump is deploying to Los Angeles are not from nearby Camp Pendleton. They’re coming from a desert base much farther away: Twentynine Palms. Massachusetts Congressman Jack Auchincloss knows Twentynine Palms. He once served as a captain and commanded infantry there. Last week, he wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post explaining why President Trump’s order deploying the Marines was unnecessary, illegal, and particularly unfair to the Marines from … Continue Reading