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Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON — A project that will turn a historic African-American church building into a center for African-American culture and local heritage got a critical boost...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield Congressman Richard Neal was honored in Washington DC Wednesday night. It was a “Black Tie Affair” at the National Building Museum. It’s...

Washington, DCA congressional effort to solve a multiemployer pension fund crisis got underway Wednesday with the first meeting of a special joint select committee of House and Senate members,...

Huntington, MAHUNTINGTON – Gateway 2017 graduate Frank “Franky” Tangredi’s goal was to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. When he wasn’t selected last year, instead of giving up he gave himself “a full...

Washington, DCCongressman Neal, the Embassy of Ireland to the United States and the Northern Ireland Bureau are hosting a public forum to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday...

Pittsfield, MASPRINGFIELD — In the wake of the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla., students across the country are rising up to bring attention to school safety and gun control. In an age...

Washington, DC PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In October, a man walked into Greylock Federal Credit Union with little cash in his account and little credit. He also didn't have heat. He hadn't paid his gas...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal called on American business leaders this week to take money they have saved under the Trump administration's recently enacted corporate tax cuts and invest it in...

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...