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Washington, DCHe’s known as the insider’s insider, a veteran relationship-builder on Capitol Hill, a quiet dealmaker. Now the low-key, pragmatic Massachusetts lawmaker, Representative Richard Neal,...

Washington, DCWashington, D.C. (January 31, 2017) – American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) President and CEO Governor Dirk Kempthorne presented the 2016 Financial Security & Life Insurance...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- World War II veteran James Sullivan of Northampton remembers shipping out to basic training through Springfield's Union Station He was 17. It was 1939 and World War II...

North Adams, MANORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Democratic Party can't "sugarcoat" its disastrous situation, says U.S. Rep. Richard Neal. And the pain lies deeper than the loss of the presidency and failure...

Washington, DCThe ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, at a National Press Club Newsmaker, urged Republicans to abandon their years-long quest to "repeal and replace" the...

Washington, DCRichard Neal is about to emerge from the congressional shadows into the national spotlight. A low-key, behind-the-scenes, let’s-get-a-deal-done type, the Springfield lawmaker is...

Washington, DC | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe 115th United States Congress, consisting of members from the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, commences...

Washington, DCThe most important changes in the House Democratic power structure so far look more like a tectonic shift than a dramatic upheaval. Counterintuitively, a caucus where white men have...

Greenfield, MAGREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center stands to gain $470,000 a year extra in government payments because of a Medicaid waiver granted the state, Congressman Richard E. Neal...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD - The Democratic Party needs to "reset" it's priorities and pay more attention to the working class. That, according to U.S. Congressman Richard Neal, is one of the...

Washington, DCBaystate Health and public officials broke ground today on a $27 million combined heat and power plant that will provide non-grid energy sources to critical facilities in the event of...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- More than eight years after being classified as a "high hazard," the Van Horn Dam that poses a flood risk to the Liberty Heights neighborhood including Baystate Medical...

Washington, DCA federal grant has been announced to help preserve rare pieces of Americana in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Museums have been awarded a grant of nearly $107,000 from...

Washington, DCCOLRAIN — While this year’s apple harvest is in full swing, Pine Hill Orchard’s David Shearer is already applying to the federal government for permission to bring his crew of migrant...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- For the last month, unwanted prescription drugs have been going in a bin at the Walgreens location at "The X" -- not on the street. The store at 501 Sumner Ave. in the...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) has received a $300,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- A year ago, Christine Jacobs was homeless, and her abuser was out of jail and on the streets searching for her. Today, she lives in transitional housing provided by the...

Heath, RoweHEATH, ROWE — Congressman Richard E. Neal brought good news to Heath in the form of an $88,343 grant that will pay for up-to-date breathing apparatus for a dozen members of the Heath Fire...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE -- Construction of a $23.8 million emergency department at Holyoke Medical Center at 575 Beech St. is on schedule with the facility set to be ready by spring, a hospital press...

MilfordMILFORD - With decades of work behind them, town and state officials gathered at Town Hall Saturday morning to acknowledge the completion of a restoration project that cleaned up Milford...