Easthampton, MA | Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire GazetteEASTHAMPTON — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has announced new legislation that he says would help expand passenger rail service across western...
Rep. Richard Neal, Mayor Domenic Sarno, PVTA welcome $36M in CARES Act coronavirus relief funding
May 29, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Dependent on state aid for about half its $58 million annual budget and on even more unreliable fare revenue and advertising proceeds for the...
Markey Unveils New Passenger Rail Bill
May 29, 2020
Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMC`Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey has announced a new $25 billion bill to expand passenger rail across the state and country. The Building Rail Across Intercity...
Springfield honors its war dead with Memorial Day observation
May 27, 2020
Springfield, MA | G. Michael DobbsSPRINGFIELD – Mayor Domenic Sarno described standing on a nearly deserted City Hall steps on the day the city commemorated Memorial Day as “surreal.” Normally the...
Neal: Negotiations underway on HEROES Act
May 27, 2020
Springfield, MA | Sarah Guernelli, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- Efforts are underway on Capitol Hill to get a second round of stimulus checks out to Americans across the country....
Springfield holds small Memorial Day ceremony to salute fallen heroes
May 25, 2020
Springfield, MA | Sy Becker, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Throughout western Massachusetts, Memorial Day salutes to America’s war dead will be shared from afar. There normally would have been...
Officials honor fallen veterans ahead of Memorial Day weekend
May 22, 2020
Springfield, MA | Briceyda Landaverde, Morgyn Joubert, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- While Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, it's also a somber holiday, as we...
Rep. Richard Neal calls mail delivery ‘essential service’, calls on Congress to pass emergency funding for US Postal Service
May 21, 2020
Springfield, MA | Patrick Johnson, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD - The men and women of the U.S. Postal Service have never ceased delivering mail under trying circumstances, and for that reason U.S. Rep....
Congressman Richard Neal visits Springfield Post Office
May 21, 2020
Springfield, MA | Sy Becker, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A visit to the Springfield Post Office Thursday from one of the staunchest supporters of the postal service, Congressman Richard Neal of...
House approves $3 trillion coronavirus relief package
May 15, 2020
Washington, DC | Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and John Bresnahan, POLITICOThe House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package Friday evening, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi working late into the...
Rep. Richard Neal cites low interest rates, need for infrastructure improvements
May 14, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, citing support from the Trump White House, once again called for an infrastructure construction plan to get...
Neal calls to invest now to ‘stem tide of disease’
May 14, 2020
Springfield, MA | Larry Parnass, The Berkshire EagleSPRINGFIELD — In times of depression and war. And in a pandemic. That's when government must dig deep to help citizens, the Berkshires'...
Congressman Neal firing back about second round of stimulus money
May 14, 2020
Springfield, MA | Lindsey Kane, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- One day after House Democrats unveiled the HEROES Ac, the bill calling for more stimulus money in the pockets of...
Neal touts Heroes Act, which includes another round of stimulus
May 14, 2020
Springfield, MA | Peter Currier, The Westfield NewsSPRINGFIELD- Congressman Richard E. Neal spoke outside of Springfield’s District Court May 13 about the COVID-19 Heroes Act that is...
Excel Dryer produces units that prevent coronavirus spread
May 13, 2020
East Longmeadow, MA | G. Michael Dobbs, The ReminderEAST LONGMEADOW – A longtime East Longmeadow based manufacturer’s well-known product has entered into the fight to prevent the spread of the...
Rep. Richard Neal calls for action on $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill
May 13, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Wednesday he is confident that the new $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that he and his House Democratic colleagues...
US Rep. Richard Neal: Vote-by-mail no substitute for in-person elections; seeks ‘magnifying’ glass on plans for proxy voting in House
May 13, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The coronavirus pandemic will change the way the public votes with more vote-by-mail and the way lawmakers — especially in the U.S. House of...
House Democrats propose ‘Heroes Act’ in order to help Americans amid coronavirus
May 13, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Mike Masciadrelli, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – House democrats are proposing a new $3 trillion stimulus package to get more funding to front line workers, and the millions of...
Rep. Neal Says Federal Relief For States Should Not Be A Partisan Issue
May 13, 2020
Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCA vote is expected Friday in the U.S. House on another coronavirus relief bill. A Democratic leader from western Massachusetts said it will be the starting point...
UMass students receive $8.3M in coronavirus emergency aid
May 13, 2020
Washington, DC | Ron Chimelis, MassLiveEmergency federal financial aid grants totaling $8.3 million were distributed to more than 7,700 undergraduate students this week by the University of...