Public health nurses cut from Lowell’s budget

Public health nurses cut from Lowell’s budget

LOWELL — Buried within the fiscal 2026 general budget of more than $549 million that was approved by the City Council, are cuts to the city’s public health nursing and substance use prevention programs. Starting July 1, two of the three public health nursing positions in the Health Department are not being funded, which Board of Health Chair Jo-Ann Keegan called “discouraging” during the board’s public meeting on June 4 at City Hall. The Health …