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Dan Koh Says No To 2020 Congressional Bid in Lowell-Centered District

Matthew McDonald

This won't be the year that Dan Koh runs for Congress again.

The Andover selectman and former aide to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh ran a competitive race in the Democratic primary against Lori Trahan (D-Westford) in Massachusetts's Third Congressional District back in 2018, but is not running in 2020.

Some Getting Antsy About Massachusetts Governor’s Slow Rollout of Coronavirus Re-Opening
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Some Getting Antsy About Massachusetts Governor’s Slow Rollout of Coronavirus Re-Opening

Matthew McDonald

The governor should give business owners information about reopening much sooner than administration officials are currently planning, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance said.

The governor's Reopening Advisory Board is scheduled to issue a report on so-called Phase One of the reopening of the Massachusetts economy on Monday, May 18. Administration officials have released only vague details about it so far.

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