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Washington, DC | Ray O'HanlonThe Brexit maelstrom might be three thousand miles to the east, but it was the topic of hot discussion on Thursday evening of last week in two U.S. cities less than...

Washington, DC | Benjamin Kail, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts’s 1st District said Thursday that the House vote to advance the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump to the...

Washington, DC | Irish Echo StaffThe effort to secure a Brexit deal moved past a midnight deadline Tuesday and into today with reports indicating progress on a package that the British government...

Washington, DC | Suzanne Lynch, The Irish TimesA member of the United States House of Representatives has warned that US Congress will not pass a trade deal with Britain if the Belfast Agreement is...

Pittsfield, MA | The Berkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — Greylock Federal Credit Union is deepening its commitment to provide access to financial services and tools for those in the community who are...

Pittsfield, MA | Amanda Drane, Berkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — Mayor Linda Tyer introduced Wayfair co-founder and CEO Niraj Shah as "our new and old friend," during a ceremony Thursday welcoming the...

Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCMassachusetts Governor Charlie Baker joined other officials in Pittsfield today to mark the opening of Wayfair’s corporate call center.  Several state leaders...

Pittsfield, MA | Tammy Daniels, iBerkshiresPITTSFIELD, Mass. — The welcome wagon was rolled out in earnest for Wayfair on Thursday as state and local leaders celebrated the "homecoming" of the...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveHouse Ways and Mean Chair Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., joined both Republican and Democrats on Wednesday in criticizing President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to...

Washington, DCA congressional delegation led by Massachusetts Democratic Representative Richard Neal, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, traveled to Mexico earlier this week. Their mission was...

Washington, DC | Tammy Daniels, iBerkshiresEscobar said she receives phone calls all the time, "people saying, I bless you, I bless you for doing this for us. Thank you so much." Neal noted that...

Washington, DC | Dave Canton, MassLiveOn November 12, 1985, two Springfield police officers made a routine traffic stop on State Street not far from the Friendlys restaurant. It was like any number...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveRhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic has turned against free trade and against international cooperation, according to Stavros Lambrinidis, ambassador from the...

Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCThe CEO of online retail giant Wayfair talked taxes, trade, and immigration with Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal in Pittsfield Wednesday. Niraj Shah – a...

Washington, DC | BusinessWest StaffSPRINGFIELD — Revitalize Community Development Corp. and its JoinedForces initiative announced they were awarded a $730,000 grant from the Department of...

Washington, DC | Tammy Daniels, iBerkshiresPITTSFIELD, Mass. — The founder of Wayfair engaged in a conversation with U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Wednesday morning, covering topics of technology,...

Pittsfield, MA | Tony Dobrowolski, The Berkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — Boyd Technologies of Lee recently hired a seamstress who worked at the former Country Curtains to run an ultrasonic...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Lonnie Chappell was a Marine serving in Vietnam in 1966 when he was blown off the back of a truck in a bomb attack. Chappell, 78, said Tuesday that...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCA new program in Massachusetts is helping military veterans and their families stay in their homes.     Two years ago, volunteers organized by...

Washington, DC | Ray Kelly, MassLiveHouse Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal has introduced legislation to amend the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP, for future retirees and provide...