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Washington, DC | Matt Murphy, State House News ServiceU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, the chair of the chief tax writing committee in the House, met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last week...

North Adams, MA | Scott Stafford, the Berkshire EagleNORTH ADAMS — More than 140 people converged on the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Church Street Center on Friday to study all aspects of...

North Adams, MA | Tammy Daniels, iBerkshiresNORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An individual in Berkshire County with a minimum wage job has to work 57 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom apartment.   If...

Washington, DC | Scott Neuman, Vanessa Romo, NPRThe Senate overwhelmingly approved a revised North American trade pact in a rare bipartisan vote Thursday that hands President Trump a victory on a...

Washington, DC | Hazel Bradford and Brian Croce, Pensions and InvestmentEven with the passage of the first retirement security package in more than a decade shortly before the holiday recess, there...

Springfield, MA | Caroline Powers, Ryan Trowbridge, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Political leaders are responding after last week's deadly airstrike killed Iran's top military...

Northampton, MA | Nick Aresco, WWLPNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Nearly 3,000 additional American troops have been ordered to the Middle East, amid a dangerous situation in the U.S. showdown with...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveWith Iran vowing to avenge the death of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, two congressmen serving Central and Western Massachusetts asked Friday for President Donald...

Springfield, MA | G. Michael Dobbs, The ReminderSPRINGFIELD – The chair of the House’s Ways & Means Committee brought back to his district quite the holiday present for the workers at CRRC-MA:...

Washington, DC | Adam Frenier, NEPRMassachusetts U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said he believes restrictions placed upon the CRRC rail car facility in Springfield can be overcome.  Neal helped...

Springfield, MA | Ryan Trowbridge, Beth Ward, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Employees at the Chinese-owned rail car manufacturer CRRC in Springfield are calling it a Christmas...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The 122 production employees at CRRC MA’s mammoth rail car factory on Page Boulevard celebrated Monday with U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal to mark a...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard Neal spoke Wednesday in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump as the House of Representatives moved toward a historic vote. “It is deeply...

Washington, DC | Irish Echo StaffCongressman Joe Kennedy III, together with Congressman Richard Neal and Brendan Boyle, called on the leaders of the United Kingdom’s three major political parties to...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCA $ 1 million improvement plan has been unveiled for an urban park in western Massachusetts. Walsh Park is 12 acres of fields and woods tucked between residential...

Springfield, MA | Andy Rosen, The Boston GlobeSPRINGFIELD — This city has long sought to recover the jobs it lost during its 20th century industrial decline, and in recent years it began to make...

Washington, DC | Adam Frenier, NEPRA defense spending bill passed by the U.S. House includes language granting a reprieve to a Chinese-owned rail car factory in Springfield. There was a push by some...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Walsh Park in the city’s Liberty Heights section is basically an empty field ringed by trees. But by the summer 2021, the 12-acre park tucked back...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveCompromise language in a Pentagon spending bill passed Wednesday evening by the U.S. House of Representatives will allow Springfield’s CRRC MA factory to compete...

Washington, DC | Mary Ellen McIntire, Roll CallThe House Ways and Means Committee released its own proposal Wednesday for ending surprise medical bills, potentially complicating an effort by some...