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Springfield, MA | Dominique Corveddu, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Springfield held its community Menorah lighting in court square Monday afternoon.  Congressman Richard Neal and Springfield...

Springfield, MA | Republican Photo DeskSPRINGFIELD -- The giant menorah in Springfield's Court Square was lit Monday in a ceremony to mark the second day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights....

Washington, DC | Carrie Healy, NEPRDemocrats are sorting out their leadership in the U.S. House — and it looks like Massachusetts is getting even more clout.  Reps. Jim McGovern and...

Washington, DC | Mike Deehan, WGBHThe Massachusetts House delegation is going into the 116th Congress wielding perhaps more influence than the Bay State has seen since the days of Joe Moakley and...

Boston, MA | Bob Salsberg, APBOSTON — The Democrat poised to take the reins of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday the panel would revisit elements of the tax law approved by...

Washington, DC | Scot Lehigh, Boston GlobeRichard Neal is a patient man in a hurry. Wait, isn’t that an oxymoron? Well, consider: Neal, the dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation,...

Washington, DC | State House News ServiceAs he prepares to take the gavel of a powerful tax writing committee in the new Democrat-controlled House, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal urged his fellow Democrats...

Washington, DC | Gintautas Dumcius, MassLiveA day before Democrats were set to pick US House leaders, Rep. Richard Neal launched into a defense of Nancy Pelosi. Neal, the Springfield Democrat in...

Washington, DC | Gintautas Dumcius, MassLiveInfrastructure spending and protecting health insurance for pre-existing health care conditions are among the top priorities for Rep. Richard Neal, who...

Washington, DC | Peter Lucas, Sentinel and EnterpriseYou can't beat somebody with nobody. Politicians know that, or they should. That is why maverick U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Salem lost so badly in...

Washington, DC | Bhuwan GautamBhutanese Society of Western Massachusetts successfully organized it’s 2018 annual cultural event at United Methodist Trinity Church in Springfield today from 11 am to...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveFederal lawmakers this week condemned pharmaceutical company kaleo, Inc. after a U.S. Senate investigation found it "exploited the opioid...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLive Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today led the New England Senate delegation and the Massachusetts Congressional delegation in...

Washington, DC | Alan Chartock, WAMCPart 1: The Democratic Party is getting ready to run the U.S. House. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the first...

Washington, DC | Allison King, NECNRep. Richard Neal is more of a workhorse than a show horse. But as the one-time mayor of Springfield enters his 30th year in Congress, he is about to become one of...

Washington, DC | Carrie HealyA pair of members of Congress from Massachusetts are set up well for the next couple years. Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield is currently the top Democrat on the...

Washington, DC | Eli Watkins, CNN Washington (CNN)The expected future chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said in an interview with The Washington Post that the House will vote...

Washington, DC | Erica Werner, Washington PostHouse Democrats plan to hold a vote early next year on protecting health coverage for people with preexisting conditions — testing GOP commitments to...

Springfield, MA | Carolyn Robbins, Special to The RepublicanSPRINGFIELD -- A fundraising breakfast on Tuesday to support the YWCA's work serving victims of domestic violence had the aura of an...

Washington, DC | Nicole DeFeudis, State House News ServiceWith Democrats now poised to seize control of the U.S. House from Republicans, Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield is ready to...