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Washington, DCIt is a busy period in Washington: House Speaker Paul Ryan is leaving office, the Mueller investigation is heating up, and foreign policy matters are once again in the forefront....

Washington, DCIn his most recent weekly address, President Donald Trump said international trade policies and the export of jobs over the past two decades have "hammered American families." Unfair...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal called on the Internal Revenue Service to extend Tuesday's tax deadline following reports that the agency's online filing system was experiencing technical...

Washington, DCWhile President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans used Tuesday's tax filing deadline to promote the changes Americans will see when submitting their federal tax returns next...

Washington, DCRepublican Speaker of the U.S. House Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he would not be running for re-election this year. And Democratic Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield says he's...

Washington, DCThe House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday approved a package of bipartisan bills aimed at reforming the IRS, days before the April 17 tax filing deadline. The bills, which passed...

Easthampton, MAEASTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Congressman Richard Neal and Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash will take part in a roundtable discussion on affordable housing Monday...

Easthampton, MAEASTHAMPTON — After a year of stressful negotiating in Congress for federal money, housing officials came together Monday to discuss the effects of a recent increase in funding for...

Northampton, MANovember looms over the rest of the year in Washington. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from the first House district, continues...

Washington, DCThe State Department is going through some turmoil. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from the first House district, wraps up his...

Washington, DCThe V.A. is undergoing a leadership change. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from the first House district, speaks with WAMC’s Alan...

Washington, DCThe once mighty Massachusetts delegation — locked out of power and languishing in the minority in Congress — may be poised to seize back some of its former glory. If some political...

Washington, DCAs the nation debates the recently signed $1.3 trillion federal spending budget and the weekend's March for Our Lives protests, Connecting Point's Carrie Saldo sits down with U.S....

SouthbridgeSOUTHBRIDGE – A local congressman on Wednesday praised Schott North America on Charlton Street as an example of how an increasingly global economy can benefit the region. U.S. Rep....

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Sunday was the final day to visit the JFK exhibit at the Springfield Museum. The special exhibit titled “Jack & Jackie: The Kennedy’s in the White...

Washington, DCAlthough U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, offered that the Trump administration's plan to combat opioid abuse includes some proposals lawmakers can generally agree on, the Springfield Democrat...

New York, NYNEW YORK, NY (WWLP) – U.S. Congressman Richard Neal visited the New York Stock Exchange to meet with Irish tech innovators, as part of “Ireland Day 2018.” Ireland Day 2018 was held ahead...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hillcrest Commons would like to expand its group and concurrent therapy programs, but a 7-year-old Medicaid and Medicare law prevent it from doing so. But, now...

Washington, DCLast Tuesday night at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., I hosted a forum to recognize the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This groundbreaking political...

Great BarringtonGreat Barrington — Efforts to revive the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church got a shot in the arm Tuesday (March 13) when it was announced that the Upper Housatonic Heritage Area...