Ed Markey: “About 30 percent of Massachusetts families rely on decentralized septic systems to deal with their wastewater.”

We urge the Department to withdraw this proposed rule, ensure that the federal government upholds the civil rights of all students, and work to ensure all students can attend schools that are not segregated.

We cannot rely on courts alone to secure strong protections for our kids’ privacy and safety — Congress must act.

As energy costs rise and market power becomes increasingly concentrated, FERC must use its authority to protect consumers from transactions that threaten competition, affordability, and reliability. It should do so here and deny the…

While this news is deeply welcomed, it is long overdue. It is a tragedy that it took Robert’s near-death condition for his case to receive the attention that it required for his release to be negotiated.