Representative William Keating News

About a week after thieves stole a fallen Marine's Purple Heart, a lawmaker in Massachusetts steps in to make sure honor is restored.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - The father of a New Bedford Marine killed in Iraq says he's heartbroken that a thief broke into his home and stole his son's posthumous Purple Heart.

When fisheries regulation gets a makeover in the next year or two, the New England fishery intends to get into the debate early to impress on regulators how badly served the region has been under existing rules.

A summit meeting of sorts is set for Monday to prepare for this year's reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act that regulates commercial fishing.

The Groundfish Industry Rally at the Boston Fish Pier on April 29 did a good job of reminding the troops that the fight for the industry's future isn't over yet.

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan, along with Congressmen James McGovern, William Keating, and Joseph P. Kennedy III Friday applauded the decision of the United States Department of Agriculture to purchase up to $5 million of cranberry concentrate for federal nutrition assistance programs, including food banks.

The USDA's plan to purchase up to $5 million in cranberry concentrate from growers in Massachusetts will help support local farmers, a vital part of the economy of Southeastern Massachusetts.

When Russian counterterrorism agents interrogated Islamic insurgent William Plotnikov in 2011, he named Boston Marathon Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev " a fellow extremist ," according to Rep.

The Massachusetts legislative delegation is applauding the decision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase up to $5 million in cranberry concentrate for federal nutrition assistance programs, including food banks, members said in a news release.

The Tsarnaev brothers initially intended to strike Boston on the Fourth of July and considered suicide attacks, according to a new account of what Dzhokhar told investigators before he was read his Miranda rights.

In response to the bombings, Massachusetts U.S. Rep. William Keating has promised a complete review of the nation's anti-terrorism programs.

Steve Urbon/The Standard-Times U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren greets Valerie Nelson of Gloucester at a Boston rally on Monday in support of the Northeast fishing industry.

House Republicans and Democrats have joined together to re-introduce a bill that would expand the religious conscience exemptions under ObamaCare.

Republicans are salivating over the prospect of a match-up with Democratic front-runner U.S. Rep.

Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, took to the House floor this afternoon to speak about marathon victims, first responders, and next year's Patriots Day.