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Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard Neal is pushing for COVID-19 relief package checks to be issued to seniors and vulnerable groups automatically without needing to file any...

Washington, DC | Colin A. Young, State House News ServiceThe state-run Holyoke Soldiers' Home is under the control of a new leader and a clinical command team as an outbreak of the coronavirus...

Holyoke, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveHOLYOKE — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Tuesday called for accountability after revelations about a dozen deaths at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, with several linked...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveThe $2.2 trillion federal stimulus and stability package partially authored by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal includes more than $375 billion in small business...

Washington, DC | Larry Parnass, The Berkshire EaglePeople across the Berkshires, 5,300 strong, came together Tuesday seeking answers in the age of the new coronavirus. Without ever meeting. U.S....

Boston, MA | Lauren Fox and Haley Byrd, CNN(CNN) When President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he could support a $2 trillion infrastructure package to jumpstart the economy, it was welcome news...

Pittsfield, MA | Terry Cowgill, The Berkshire EdgePittsfield — Berkshire Health Systems does not have enough testing kits for COVID-19 and has been limiting tests only to exposed staff and those in...

Washington, DC | The Berkshire EagleAs the new coronavirus outbreak grows across Massachusetts, Berkshire subscribers of Spectrum cable now have access to the latest news from across the state.As of...

Washington, DC | Lucas Willard, WAMCOn Friday, President Trump signed the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill to support the country’s COVID-19 response. The package of legislation cleared the Senate by...

Washington, DC | Duncan MacLean, WWLP(WWLP) – U.S. Representative Richard Neal hosted a conference call Saturday to discuss the massive bill passed by the House and signed by the president Friday....

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., one of the authors of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed and signed into law Friday, doesn’t like thinking of...

Pittsfield, MA | Larry Parnass, The Berkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — Even $2.2 trillion may not be enough to help Americans and businesses survive economic arrest due to the coronavirus, the region's...

Washington, DC | Christina Prignano, Boston GlobeThe Massachusetts congressional delegation on Friday urged Trump administration officials to resume processing visas for foreign-born medical school...

Northampton, MA | Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire GazetteNORTHAMPTON — Nowadays, when Kurt Bahneman enters a patient’s room to start his day as a respiratory therapist at Cooley Dickinson...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCSchools are closed, but in many districts free meals are still available to children.  Celenia Cola, a 2nd-grader at Lincoln Elementary School in Springfield,...

Springfield, MA | Elizabeth Román, MassLiveSpringfield schools feed 30,000 children breakfast and lunch every day, but only a fraction of those students are stopping at designated sites offering...

Northampton, MA | Bera Dunau, Daily Hampshire GazetteNORTHAMPTON — In a telephone town hall Wednesday with President and CEO Mark Keroack of Baystate Health on the novel coronavirus, U.S. Rep....

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Stimulus checks from the federal government meant to head off long-term financial fallout from the coronavirus epidemic should go to people who...

Washington, DC | Michael Bonner, MassLiveDays after Gov. Charlie Baker submitted economic relief loans through the Small Business Administration, the Massachusetts congressional delegation sent a...

Springfield, MA | Sarah Guernelli, Morgyn Joubert, WesternMass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Residents in western Massachusetts got a chance to share their coronavirus concerns with Congressman...