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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...

Washington, DC | WWLP(WWLP) – More than 7,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United States as of Wednesday.  In Massachusetts, 256 cases have been...

Washington, DC | Deirdre Walsh, Kelsey Snell, Ayesha Rascoe, NPRCongressional Democrats unveiled a measure for a legislative stimulus package aimed at mitigating the economic damage stemming from...

Washington, DC | Brian O'Donovan, RTEUS President Donald Trump has announced that his acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is to become the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland. The role has been...

Springfield, MA | Ariana Tourangeau, Sydney Snow, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) – More than 500 lawmakers were in Springfield on Friday to provide a local, state, and federal outlook to the business...

Washington, DC | Karen Brown, NEPRAs of Saturday, Massachusetts officials say there are 13 confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 in the state – including the first from western Mass. The state's...

Washington, DC | Doug Sword, Roll CallThere exists a “grand opportunity” for Congress and the administration to come together and pass a $1 trillion-plus infrastructure package to counter the...

Washington, DC | Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting+CableNexstar Media Group and Charter Communications said they reached an agreement that will create a special feed of local news from Nexstar’s WWLP-TV...