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Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD, Mass. — Students left the classroom last week to give voice to their concerns about school shootings after 17 high school students and faculty were killed in the state of...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD — A week ago, hundreds of city high school students walked out of Pittsfield and Taconic high schools in solidarity with a mounting national movement in...

Washington, DCIt has been nearly three weeks since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claimed the lives of 17 people. Last week, about 200 Pittsfield and Taconic High School...

Washington, DCAround the country, students have been planning walkouts and other protests after the school shooting in Florida last month. On Monday, students in Pittsfield met with one of the top...

Washington, DCTop Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are requesting information from critical stakeholders on how to prevent and treat opioid addiction in Medicare, as...

Washington, DCHouse leaders on Friday announced their members of new joint House–Senate committees on budget and appropriations process reform and the solvency of multi-employer pension plans. The...

Washington, DCUS President Donald Trump has been asked to honour his commitment to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland. The Friends of Ireland group in the US Congress say the collapse of...

Washington, DCIn a Feb. 21 letter to Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter, Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) has requested that the IRS reevaluate the new Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) user...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, criticized the Trump administration this week for proposing a rule that would allow Americans to buy short-term health insurance plans beyond the...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, urged congressional leaders Thursday to take action to strengthen federal background checks on gun purchases -- a move which he argued would help...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - President Donald Trump announced his plans for a 2019 budget Monday morning. The announcement included a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to...

Northampton, MANORTHAMPTON — Monday’s release of the White House’s budget proposal was met with stinging criticism from elected officials in the Pioneer Valley. President Trump’s $4.4 trillion...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Congress passed the new tax law this past December, and that means big changes for tax preparers. Congressman Richard Neal held a tax symposium in...

Washington, DCMassachusetts federal lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to push General Electric to finish cleaning the polluted parts of the Housatonic River and cart the toxic...

Washington, DC PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The region's congressional delegation is pushing Environment Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to uphold the EPA's 2016 order that contaminated material...

Washington, DCState officials announced more help is coming for people with crumbling foundations in northern, central and eastern Connecticut Wednesday. Congressmen Joe Courtney (D) and John Larson...

Washington, DCHomeowners hit with repair costs because tainted concrete used in their foundations and basements is crumbling have more time now to claim their loss as as a deduction on their federal...

Lee, MALEE — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal is no stranger to the classroom. And on Thursday, it showed. Neal, who once taught history at Catholic High School in Springfield, held court before a group...

Washington, DCA day after President Donald Trump spelled out his accomplishments in his first State of the Union address, the region’s two congressmen said the president’s message failed to unify...

Westfield, MAWESTFIELD – U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-MA) visited Westfield High School on Thursday to honor senior Zachary Medeiros for his acceptance one week ago into the U.S. Naval...