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Washington, DC | Suzanne Lynch, Denis Staunton, Fiach Kelly - Irish Times The head of the US congressional committee responsible for trade policy has warned Britain that a trade deal with...

Washington, DC | Suzanne Lynch, Denis Staunton, Fiach Kelly - Irish Times The head of the US congressional committee responsible for trade policy has warned Britain that a trade deal with the United...

Pittsfield, MA | Andy McKeever, iBerkshiresPITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal is gearing up for what he believes will be "strong negotiations" on the extension of various federal tax...

Washington, DC | Robert Weisman, Boston GlobeA bill to prop up financially ailing multiemployer pension plans advanced in Congress on Wednesday as an influential House panel approved a proposal that...

Washington, DC | Ray Kelly, MassLiveHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, warned Tuesday of the damage that would be done by overturning Obamacare, just hours...

Springfield, MA | Matt Berg, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — A sense of urgency was evident among local politicians at a briefing on the 2020 census at Springfield City Hall on Monday. Conducted every ten...

Lenox | Dick Lindsay, the Berkshire EagleLENOX — On a sultry summer afternoon on the grounds of Shakespeare & Company, North Adams Mayor Thomas Bernard recited: "We hold these truths to be...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMC A ceremony Monday marked the start of construction work to restore a landmark building in Springfield, Massachusetts.    Massachusetts Governor...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The New England Farm Workers Council ceremonially broke ground Monday on the long-planned but oft-delayed $38-million rehab of the Paramount...

Washington, DC | Elise Linscott, MassLiveThe Internal Revenue Service could be getting its first redesign in more than two decades under the bipartisian Taxpayer First Act, which was approved by...

Washington, DC | Joe Light, Bloomberg A U.S. House committee approved a package of bills that provide tax breaks for a variety of select industries and constituencies, kicking off what’s likely to...

Washington, DC | Ray Kelly, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to roll...

Washington, DC | Ray Kelly, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal has been appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the House Democrats’ Trade Working Group. The task force will be charged with...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Amtrak showed off its new ticket window Monday and checked luggage drop-off on the first floor of Union Station. The counter moves Amtrak customer...

Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCAmtrak announced today it has started operating out of Springfield’s historic Union Station. Two years after Union Station reopened following a $95 million...

Holyoke, MA | Jennifer Zarate, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Valley Blue Sox celebrated their home opener Saturday, with Congressman Richard Neal throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. The...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Employers will gather Monday at Springfield Technical Community College to talk about preparing potential applicants for jobs that businesses are...

Washington, DC | Cynthia G. Simison, MassLive‘You just kept going forward and hoped you didn’t get killed,” Earl D. Clark Jr., of West Springfield, remembered. “You’d see people going down around...

Washington, DC | Jim Kinney & Peter Goonan, MassLiveThe fight by House Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns will go to the courts in a lawsuit soon-to-be filed by the House...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal pushed back Thursday on President Donald J. Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican imports, calling the plan an “overreach”...