http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~3/KRWM34-vhvY/senators-ties-still-strong-beacon-hill A Sun Staff report STEVE PANAGIOTAKOS' influence is still being felt on Beacon Hill. The former Lowell state senator, now a lobbyist, got a key amendment into the recently passed health-care cost-containment bill with the help of successor<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~4/KRWM34-vhvY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_20722683/senators-ties-still-strong-beacon-hill?source=rss_emailed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~3/ATfg5waJcPA/salazar-praises-partnerships-lowells-revival LOWELL-- As one of President Obama's top Cabinet advisers, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said he's traveled far and wide throughout 49 of the 50 states, with the exception of Hawaii.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~4/ATfg5waJcPA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_20717745/salazar-praises-partnerships-lowells-revival?source=rss_emailed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~3/Peo3A_VDwNQ/its-time-warren-got-herpriorities-straight In her latest TV campaign advertisement, U.S. senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren is annoyed that General Electric Company pays no taxes, while conversely, those attending college don't receive financial aid that she and her generation received.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LowellSunMostEmailed/~4/Peo3A_VDwNQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_20709622/its-time-warren-got-herpriorities-straight?source=rss_emailed