For the first time ever, gas prices have topped $4 per gallon in Massachusetts, and US Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden) wants Congress to take action.
Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, will hold a hearing this Wednesday on the oil crisis to discuss how bad prices, production, and consumer […]

The following announcement came from US Representative Edward Markey’s office:
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) introduced a revolutionary new global warming bill today that would reduce global warming pollution according to scientific targets, reinvest any revenue back to American workers and technology, and would re-establish America as a leader in solving the globe’s greatest challenge, climate […]

Story Updated 10:47AM Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- Allison Goldsberry
Three days after being hospitalized following a seizure, US Senator Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
Despite the diagnosis, Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement Sen. Kennedy is in overall good condition and is in “good spirits and full of energy.”
A biopsy of […]

Story Updated 10:32:AM Sunday, May 18, 2008
- Allison Goldsberry
US Senator Edward Kennedy has been hospitalized in Boston after suffering a stroke at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis early Saturday morning.
In a released statement Kennedy’s office said the following:
“It appears that Senator Kennedy experienced a seizure this morning. He is undergoing a battery of tests at […]

After anti-war activists threatened to storm his Medford office, US Representative Edward Markey voted against more funding for the Iraq war.
Rep. Markey, a Malden Democrat, voted against $162.5 billion in funding for the Iraq war.
“Five years on and no plan for withdrawal in sight, we cannot keep funding this open-ended war. Our men and women […]

US Representative Edward Markey heads to Mobil Gas Station on Mystic Avenue Friday afternoon to talk about the impact high gas prices are having on local families.
The event, scheduled for 2PM, follows a hearing Rep. Markey held earlier this week in which the Congressman challenged oil companies to increase their investment in fuel alternatives to […]

US Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden) made the following remarks today on the 5th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war:
“The Iraq War has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, thousands of lost lives and tens of thousands of wounded soldiers. This must end. Unfortunately, President Bush is either unwilling or unable to accept how […]

Story Updated 1:31PM, Friday, March 7, 2008
Cape Wind supporters rallied in Medford Square near Congressman Ed Markey’s office Thursday afternoon. The activists want the Congressman to support the creation of a wind farm off of the Cape Cod coast. Rep. Markey has yet to take a position on the issue. According to Susan Altman of […]