Little things don't always turn a campaign, but sometimes they do. Massachusetts Democrats on Friday were planning to hold a rally in Lowell for Third Congressional District candidate Lori Trahan. They were missing just one thing … Lori Trahan.
The state party chairman took the hit, saying he scheduled the event (which included Elizabeth Warren and Jay Gonzalez) without realizing that Trahan was planning to be out of state raising money.
An innovative financial aid program at Purdue University has been awarded a $10,000 prize in the 27th annual Better Government Competition held by the Pioneer Institute, a public research organization located in Boston.
Purdue's Back A Boiler program, chosen out of more than 80 contest submissions from around the United States, is a supplemental financial aid option for "rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors" using income share agreements, which tap into the future income of those graduates who enroll in the program.
