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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'...

Springfield, MA | Lindsey Kane, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- One day after House Democrats unveiled the HEROES Ac, the bill calling for more stimulus money in the pockets of...

Springfield, MA | Peter Currier, The Westfield NewsSPRINGFIELD- Congressman Richard E. Neal spoke outside of Springfield’s District Court May 13 about the COVID-19 Heroes Act that is...

East Longmeadow, MA | G. Michael Dobbs, The ReminderEAST LONGMEADOW – A longtime East Longmeadow based manufacturer’s well-known product has entered into the fight to prevent the spread of the...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Wednesday he is confident that the new $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that he and his House Democratic colleagues...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The coronavirus pandemic will change the way the public votes with more vote-by-mail and the way lawmakers — especially in the U.S. House of...

Holyoke, MA | Mike Masciadrelli, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – House democrats are proposing a new $3 trillion stimulus package to get more funding to front line workers, and the millions of...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCA vote is expected Friday in the U.S. House on another coronavirus relief bill. A Democratic leader from western Massachusetts said it will be the starting point...

Washington, DC | Ron Chimelis, MassLiveEmergency federal financial aid grants totaling $8.3 million were distributed to more than 7,700 undergraduate students this week by the University of...

Boston, MA | Chris Lisinski, State House News ServiceBOSTON (SHNS) – Congressional Democrats unveiled the most expansive COVID-19 bill to date Tuesday, calling for nearly $3 trillion in spending to...

Springfield, MA | Sarah Guernelli, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WHSM) -- A second round of stimulus checks could be heading in the way of the American people soon. House Democrats unveiled...

Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLiveOn trips to his neighborhood 7-Eleven during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal notices local newspapers coming off the shelves. “I can tell you...

Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLiveA second round of coronavirus stimulus checks, including payments for dependent college students, may be in store for millions of Americans in the fourth...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal says that with lines growing at food banks across the country an expansion of SNAP food benefits and money to pay for it...

Washington, DC | Natalie Andrews, Wall Street JournalHouse Democrats are putting the finishing touches on their next legislative response to the coronavirus pandemic, a package that will propose...