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By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — One day after leading a successful House debate, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said Friday he’s confident Affordable Care Act tax credits will...

WATCH HERE by: Areta Odiah, 22 News CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minnesota, prompting Congressman Richard Neal to...

LISTEN HERE New England Public Media | By Adam Frenier The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Thursday to pass a three-year extension to health care tax credits under the Affordable Care...

LISTEN HERE WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos As the dust begins to settle on recent U.S. actions in Venezuela, lawmakers in western Massachusetts are demanding answers over the...

By Mark Gardyna, Western Mass News (WGGB/WSHM) - On Saturday, Representative Richard Neal and Senator Elizabeth Warren released a statement in reaction to the military operation in Venezuela that...

By Bill Schmick, The Berkshire Eagle In 2025, more than 1 million workers saved $2 billion plus toward retirement through state-sponsored automated savings plans. Now, legislation introduced by a...

LISTEN HERE WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos Last week, the United States Congress left Washington for the year - after both the House and Senate came short of passing key...

By Sarah Heinonen | The Westfield News | sheinonen@thereminder.com SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health CEO Peter Banko and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal sat on either side of a low table in front of about 150...

LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media Four Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday joined with Democrats in forcing a vote on extending tax credits under the Affordable Care Act....

By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, passed this summer, will cost Baystate Health $146.7 million a year, its president...

By Brian Anderson, 401K Specialist Magazine House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today reintroduced the Automatic IRA Act, which would expand retirement coverage for...

LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media The U.S. Senate Thursday rejected an extension of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. Those subsidies are due to expire at the end of the...

by Madison Schofield, Greenfield Recorder CHARLEMONT — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal highlighted Berkshire East Mountain Resort this week as a success story of rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. Neal,...

By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com HOLYOKE — Sublime Systems will pause work on its Holyoke plant and cut its workforce by 10%. Sublime Systems, the Somerville and Holyoke startup planning to...

By Laura Weiss, Andrew Desiderio, John Bresnahan, Punchbowl News The deadline to extend Obamacare premium subsidies is just three weeks away. And Congress is nowhere on this issue. There’s been...

LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media The Armed Services committees in both the House and Senate are looking into strikes by the Trump Administration, against boats alleged to be...

by Dennis Hackett, The Reminder With food insecurity on the rise, and many still recovering from the delayed release of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November, the March for...

By John L. Micek | jmicek@masslive.com A coalition of Massachusetts politicians, led by Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, is calling on the nation’s top public health official to stop an attack...

LISTEN HERE By Adam Frenier, New England Public Media President Donald Trump is floating a plan to extend health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. The proposal would extend the credits,...