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Washington, DC | Alysha Palumbo, NBC10Dozens of residents have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a Massachusetts nursing home for veterans, and a federal lawmaker is now speaking out. Rep....

Washington, DC | Amy Phillips, WWLP(WWLP)–On Friday, $30 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was distributed to health care providers under the...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD -- Hospitals across Massachusetts will receive more than $841 million in federal funds under the CARES Act Public Health and Social Services...

Washington, DC | Alan Chartock, WAMCWhat will the $2.2 trillion CARES Act mean for Americans? In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal speaks with WAMC’s Alan...

Washington, DC | Arjun Singh, Boston Public RadioAmericans who earn less than $99,000 a year can expect to receive stimulus checks from the federal government beginning Monday, Rep. Richard Neal...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveCommunity health centers in Massachusetts will receive more than $36.5 million to assist in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. The funding was awarded under the...

Washington, DC | Matt Stout, The Boston GlobeWarning that Massachusetts hospitals could run out of ventilators in a matter of days, members of the state’s federal delegation are pressing officials...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveWith nearly 10 million Americans — 330,000 Massachusetts residents among them — filing for unemployment in the last two weeks, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal is...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveFive cities in the 1st Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal are getting $4.8 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...

Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCMassachusetts Congressman Richard Neal held a telephone town hall Tuesday to answer constituents’ questions about COVID-19. The Democrat from the 1st District...

Holyoke, MA | Kaylee Pugliese, Leon Purvis, Western Mass NewsHOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- Government officials want answers and an investigation into what happened to veterans at the Soldiers’ Home...

Holyoke, MA | Sydney Snow, Taylor Knight, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Holyoke community is mourning after 13 deaths were reported at the Soldiers’ Home Tuesday. Local veterans are also mourning...

Chicopee, MA | Amy Phillips, WWLPCHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)– Congressman Richard Neal held a telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday afternoon to address the concerns of constituents about the COVID-19...

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...