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Easthampton, MAEASTHAMPTON — More than 100 people lined up in a parking lot behind the Mill 180 building Thursday afternoon, opening their bags and filling them with fresh produce from the new...

Lee, MALEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal visited Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing in Lee Tuesday, on Startup Day Across America. Startup Day connects elected officials with the startups in...

Washington, DCDespite the White House budget director's suggestion that Republicans would be better off pursuing tax reform without Democrats, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, again called on...

Lee, MALEE -- Highlighting the precision manufacturing and other high-skills job opportunities that are going unfilled across Berkshire County and Western Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,...

Lee, MALEE, Mass. — Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing has a unique niche that has tremendous growth potential. The owners are now hoping others will follow their lead and develop a "cluster" in the...

Washington, DCWashington Republicans thought they had it all worked out. Reconciliation, that was their answer. That relatively obscure budget process, requiring a mere Senate majority, and thus no...

Washington, DCCongressman Richard Neal has seen the future of manufacturing and visual arts in South Berkshire County. The Springfield Democrat on Tuesday toured the Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing...

Washington, DCAlthough Senate Republicans were unable to pass their plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, at least one member of Massachusetts' congressional delegation offered Friday that...

Washington, DCAlthough Democrats and Republicans came to blows this week over efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, praised House lawmakers Wednesday for...

Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON -- Making the case for keeping the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, touted the impacts the law, known as Obamacare, has had on...

Chesterfield, MACHESTERFIELD — The sun shone brightly Tuesday morning as throngs of people, including Congressman Richard Neal, lined South Street and Main Road in Chesterfield. They wove American...

Chesterfield, MACHESTERFIELD -- Four more rural hilltowns planning to "go it alone" have received state money to help build their own fiber optic networks. The Baker-Polito administration today...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Some politicians remain divided as new numbers show millions would be without health insurance if the latest health care bill is passed....

Washington, DCThe Baker Administration has analyzed how the health care bill being weighed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate would impact Massachusetts. Gov. Charlie Baker warned the plan by Senate...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, continued to push back Tuesday against Republican-led efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, taking issue with findings included in the...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Contractors who worked to restore Union Station will be the first to take a look inside this morning. Hundreds of contractors and their families will have...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD  -- Stephen Wichrowski Jr. still remembers the first time he took a train at Union Station. "It was the summer of 1953 and I was on my way to camp in Lyme, New...

Washington, DCForty years ago on June 23, 1977, I stood in the Grand Concourse of Springfield Union Station in front of hundreds of friends and supporters. It was there, underneath the marble-faced...

Washington, DCA new era in transportation in western Massachusetts begins in a few days. After being closed for decades, Union Station in Springfield is reopening following a years-long $95 million...

Washington, DCBerkshire County has lost a political leader. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. To hear the interview, click...