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Holyoke, MA | Dennis Hohenberger, MassLiveHOLYOKE - Holyoke Community College officially opened the $4.55 million Center for Life Science Tuesday. The center features a cleanroom training facility,...

Greenfield, MA | Jennifer Zarate, 22NewsGREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A dozen mayors gathered Wednesday afternoon to share successes they've had in addressing opioid misuse in their communities,...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD -- Frank Colaccino, American International College Class of 1973, remembers coming to the United States as a 6-year-old boy and sitting in an...

Greenfield | Joshua Solomon, Greenfield RecorderGREENFIELD — While President Donald Trump was signing an opioid bill that has been widely regarded as a bipartisan accomplishment, one of its...

Greenfield, MA | Shannon Young, MassLiveGREENFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, briefed Massachusetts mayors Wednesday on a new federal legislative package aimed at curbing opioid abuse...

Greenfield, MA | Shannon Young, MassLiveGREENFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, rejected President Donald Trump's Wednesday suggestion that Republicans -- not Democrats -- will protect...

Washington, DC | Kaustuv Basu, BloombergThe opportunity that Richard Neal has sought for years may finally arrive soon: chairing the House Ways and Means Committee. But taking the gavel of the...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveDespite the White House's Monday call for Capitol Hill lawmakers to approve its proposed trilateral trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, at least one...

Pittsfield, MA | Terry Cowgill, Berkshire EdgePittsfield — There is finally hope for tens of thousands of exasperated Berkshire County television watchers who could care less about Andrew Cuomo or...

Washington, DC | Telegram & Gazette StaffFire Departments in Gardner, Sturbridge, and Ashburnham have been awarded grants as part of the latest round of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...

Washington, DC | Suzanne Lynch, Irish TimesLast Sunday, residents of the small town of Springfield, Massachusetts gathered for a screening of Maurice Fitzpatrick’s In the Name of Peace: John Hume in...

Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD -- As the U.S.-vs.-China trade war escalated Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said he'll work against a potential ban on transit agencies spending...

Springfield, MA | Dick Lindsay, Berkshire EagleThree Berkshire communities will share nearly $130,000 to upgrade their firefighting and first responder equipment. The Federal Emergency Management...

Holyoke, MA | Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire GazetteHOLYOKE — For Shannon Yaremchak, an instructor at the Corporation for Public Management, food insecurity remains a looming threat even as she...

Holyoke, MA | Shannon Young, MassLiveHOLYOKE -- For Shannon Yaremchak, hunger and homelessness aren't abstract concepts, they're realities she and her four children have faced in the years since her...

Northampton, MA | Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire GazetteNORTHAMPTON — Controversial tariffs imposed on newsprint by the Trump administration have caused added financial burden for newspapers across...

Springfield, MA | Lucas Ropek, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD - After President Donald Trump announced that he would be cancelling pay raises for almost 2 million federal workers, Springfield congressman...

Washington, DC | Kevin Freking, Associated PressIn a victory for the American newspaper industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday blocked tariffs imposed by the Trump...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveMassachusetts congressional lawmakers praised federal trade officials Wednesday for voting to overturn the Trump administration's tariffs on Canadian...

Westfield | Jim Kinney, MassLiveWESTFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, brought news of a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Westfield-Barnes Regional...