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McGovern, a Worcester Democrat, told The Fabulous 413 he would be "generally" in favor of removing the congressional exemption to the public records law, but does not want to release personal information shared by people who write to his office seeking help.

John Olver served in both the Massachusetts House and Senate before winning a 1991 special election for the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Republican Rep. Silvio O. Conte.

Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she's "wrangling" with the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the next phase of cleaning up the Housatonic River in Berkshire County.

An Episcopal priest says some of society's impassioned differences over gender and sexuality might be resolved by reconsidering how a seminal biblical passage about God's image is usually interpreted.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern represents the 2nd Congressional District in Massachusetts and chairs the House Rules Committee. He stands to lose his chairmanship with a GOP takeover.

Both incumbent U.S. representatives covering western Massachusetts are up for reelection next week. Richard Neal of Springfield and Jim McGovern of Worcester, both Democrats, have Republican challengers, but it's been a quiet election cycle in each race.

Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley were in Springfield Tuesday to tout the federal government's efforts to cancel some student debt. But, one thing they didn't talk about was a temporary hold placed on the program by a federal court.

Outside the Springfield courthouse Monday, the Springfield Democrat told reporters he was contacted about the matter by the Hampden County Bar Association.

Gas prices in Connecticut have gone up about a dollar per gallon from this time last year, partly due to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Congress could temporarily suspend the federal gas tax to slash prices.