by Scott Van Voorhis | Oct 27, 2024
It was one of the most telling exchanges of Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s debate with Republican challenger John Deaton. And it reveals a lot about why bolder action on housing costs has been so elusive.
by James Sanna | Jul 30, 2024
An analysis of a new bill proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren would fund 273,000 new affordable housing units per year over 10 years, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics commissioned by Warren’s office and released Monday.
by James Sanna | Mar 25, 2024
A Hyde Park senior housing development that saw its financing package upended by national politics appears to have come out on top, in the end.
by State House News Service | Dec 22, 2023
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a strong endorsement Gov. Maura Healey’s housing plan, and said the federal government will need to “step up” to help the state address its housing affordability and availability crisis.
by The Associated Press | Dec 8, 2023
The heads of Wall Street’s biggest banks used an appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead with senators to stop the Biden administration’s proposed changes to how banks are regulated.
by The Associated Press | May 17, 2023
Top executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank largely avoided taking responsibility for their banks’ dramatic failures at a Senate hearing Tuesday, instead using their time to assign blame to events they said were largely out of their control.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 5, 2023
A Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives doesn’t have to – and shouldn’t – be an obstacle to ending harmful laws that hobble legitimate marijuana businesses in Massachusetts, and the banks and credit unions that serve them.
by State House News Service | Dec 19, 2022
After weeks of sounding the alarm about the downsides of interest rate hikes, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren thinks the more modest approach the Federal Reserve took with its latest increase is still pushing the envelope “too far, too fast.”
by Sheryl Simon | Nov 2, 2022
With analysts expecting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Stephen Lynch are calling out the monetary policymakers for being too aggressive and putting the jobs of Americans at risk.
by State House News Service | Sep 1, 2022
Several elected Democrats took aim at Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday after a scathing federal report was released documenting the MBTA’s safety deficiencies, pinning the blame on the outgoing Republican or his deputies ahead of corner-office turnover in January.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 10, 2021
The fact that even the economy’s high priests cannot conduct themselves without creating the appearance of corruption shows a simple review of the Fed’s ethics guidelines will not be enough.
by State House News Service | Jan 11, 2021
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard Law School professor, took sides over the weekend in the suddenly wide open Boston mayoral contest, endorsing City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu’s campaign.
by Peter Paul Payack | Sep 27, 2020
Who do you call when you realize you need to rein in money-laundering megabanks?
by The Associated Press | Sep 22, 2020
Massachusetts’ senior senator is calling for greater regulation of banks in the wake of new revelations that megabanks have continued to profit from money laundering and other illicit dealings despite warnings from regulators.
by James Sanna | Jun 12, 2020
Massachusetts’ senior senator wants the interim head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to rescind his predecessor’s efforts to update the agency’s Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
by Lew Sichelman | Apr 5, 2020
Infestations of rats, mice and other rodents. Toxic black mold. Lead paint. These are the conditions found in much housing provided to our military personnel. And the Pentagon doesn’t appear to have it’s eye on the ball.
by The Associated Press | Mar 5, 2020
Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday, according to a person familiar with her plans.
by The Associated Press | Jul 29, 2019
Elizabeth Warren became a household name thanks to her prescient warning of what became a global financial crisis. Now she’s staking her credentials on another forecast of fiscal trauma ahead. But even economists who like her prescription are skeptical about her diagnosis.
by The Associated Press | May 16, 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill reaffirming the right of a Massachusetts tribe to hold land in trust, a crucial step to building a $1 billion casino.
by State House News Service | Mar 28, 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote “in the next few weeks” on a bill that would protect banks working with state-legal marijuana companies from federal regulatory penalties, Rep. Jim McGovern said Wednesday.