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Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCWith Democrats taking control of the House after the midterm elections, a congressman from western Massachusetts is poised to be handed the gavel to the most...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveWith Democrats winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, Western Massachusetts could soon yield major influence in...

Washington, DC | Shira Schoenberg, MassLiveThe Republican Party that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker belongs to lost control of the U.S. House on Tuesday. But Baker does not sound unhappy. The...

Springfield, MA | Taylor Knight, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - After Tuesday's midterm elections, Congressman Richard Neal is in position to serve as chairman of the Ways and Means...

Springfield, MA | Larry Parnass, Berkshire EagleSPRINGFIELD — Saying his whole career led him for this moment, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Wednesday pledged that, under his leadership, a powerful...

Springfield, MA | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD -- The city formally launched a $600,000 renovation project at Van Horn Park in Liberty Heights on Tuesday that includes new playground equipment...

Washington, DC | Shannon Young, MassLiveMembers of Massachusetts' congressional delegation on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump's reported plan to terminate citizenship rights...

Dalton, MA | Andy McKeever, iBerkshiresDALTON, Mass. — The last time the United States had an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent was the 1960s. But that is also when inflation skyrocketed and wasn't...

Dalton | Shannon Young, MassLiveDALTON -- Despite risks posed by tariffs and other uncertainty overseas, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, and the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston...

Washington, DC | Alyssa McCann, WesternMass NewsToday, Congressman Richard Neal will be addressing the Massachusetts Mayors Association about the recent federal response to combat the opioid...

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...