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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...

Pittsfield, MA | WWLP NewsroomPITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of WWLP-22News, and Charter Communications announced Friday that they have agreed to provide a...

Washington, DC | The Berkshire EagleSpectrum cable television subscribers in the Berkshires will again be able to view news from WWLP-TV, the Springfield-based NBC affiliate. In a statement released...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLivePHILADELPHIA — Julius Erving and fellow basketball hall-of-famer Sheryl Swoopes struck fear in the opposition on the court. On Tuesday, they struck coins at the...

Washington, DC | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — City officials on Tuesday announced plans for a $2.5 million project to improve the Watershops Pond Dam, which is deemed to have “high hazard”...

Westfield, MA | Duncan MacLean, WWLPWESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts senators and representatives announced $10 million in funding to increase rural high-speed internet access in western...

Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCReaction is mixed today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement to carry out a new cleanup of the polluted Housatonic River. An...

Springfield, MA | Dave Canton, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service’s newest “forever” stamp, featuring PBS newsperson Gwen Ifill, was officially unveiled Sunday in the atrium of the former...

Washington, DC | Adam Vaccaro, The Boston GlobeIt will take significant federal funding for Massachusetts to establish train service connecting Boston and the western part of the state,...

Washington, DC | Bruce Mohl, CommonWealthA LONG-AWAITED ANALYSIS of East-West rail service indicates passengers could travel between Boston and Springfield in as little as 79 minutes at speeds up to...

Boston, MA | Colin A. Young, State House News ServiceBOSTON - A majority of the state’s Congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to launch an inquiry into how the...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, who has called east-west passenger rail in Massachusetts a priority and has begun laying the groundwork for federal...

Washington, DC | Mary Ellen McIntire, Roll CallThe House Ways and Means Committee released a proposal Friday to curb surprise medical bills, offering a new bipartisan plan that the panel is set to...

Holyoke, MA | Dusty Christensen, The Daily Hampshire GazetteHOLYOKE — The smell of pizza filled the ground-floor room at The Care Center on Monday as a group of around 30 women gathered to ask...

North Adams, MA | Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire GazetteNORTHAMPTON — As Democrats in the nation’s capital unveiled a $760 billion infrastructure plan last week, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal was front...

Pittsfield, MA | Tony Dobrowolski, The Berkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — While impeachment is front and center of all things political in the nation's capital these days, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal,...

Washington, DC | Alden Bourne, NEPRTD Bank has reversed itself and decided to keep a branch open in a Springfield, Massachusetts, neighborhood — at least part-time. Last October, TD Bank announced...