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Washington, DC | Dylan Moroses, Law360Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the House Ways and Means Committee chair, will meet this week to continue negotiations on...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCAs protests continued last night across the country over the death of George Floyd, hundreds came together for a prayer vigil in the largest city in in western...

Springfield, MA | Leon Purvis, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- A prayer vigil to honor the life of George Floyd brought a crowd to downtown Springfield. Black Lives Matter...

Springfield, MA | Stephanie Barry, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Girding for an expected three days of protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of police in...

Springfield, MA | Sydney Snow, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Springfield came together on the steps of Springfield City Hall in response to nationwide unrest after the death of George...

Springfield, MA | Nancy Asiamah, Nexstar Media WireSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that the U.S. will be terminating its relationship with the World Health...

Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLivePresident Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S., where the coronavirus pandemic has taken the lives of 100,000 people, will sever ties with...

Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLiveA proposal from Sen. Ed Markey to invest $5 billion annually over the next five years in intercity passenger rail expansion could gain...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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, 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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'...