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SPRINGFIELD, 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 the 26th Washington DC National Gala put on by the “Ireland Funds America.” The event is marking the 20th anniversary of the agreement that brought peace between the… Read more »

A 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, where co-Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, warned that the biggest impediment to a solution was the potential for "partisan arguments and political posturing." The sense of urgency and need for bipartisanship… Read more »

GREAT 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 Tuesday with the announcement of a $389,000 federal grant for significant repairs. The National Park Service African American Civil Rights Grants Program awarded the money to the Upper Housatonic Valley… Read more »

HUNTINGTON – 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 self-evaluation.” He enrolled in Greystone Preparatory at Shriner University, where the National Honor Society member worked even harder on his academics, seeking to… Read more »

Congressman 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 Agreement. Congressman Richard Neal will act as master of ceremony, speakers include An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, T.D.; Senator George Mitchell; Gerry Adams, T.D.; Colum Eastwood, MLA; Mike Nesbitt, MLA and… Read more »

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 bill for some time and the utility company shut it off. He didn't have enough credit to get a loan elsewhere to catch up and the winter was coming.  Vice President of Community Development… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — 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 where social media drives the news cycle, this generation of activists is extremely well positioned to have their voices heard and influence policy. After hundreds of students from Pittsfield High… Read more »

U.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 employees' retirement plans.  The Springfield Democrat, in a Tuesday letter to Business Roundtable Chairman Jamie Dimon, argued that while the country's most profitable companies are expected to see a… Read more »

PITTSFIELD, 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 Florida last month  About 400 miles away, the ears of U.S. Rep. Richard Neal perked up a bit. When Neal found out about the hundreds of students who collectively protested gun violence in the wake… Read more »

Around 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 Democrats in the House. In the wake of a student walk out in solidarity with victims of the February 14th school shooting in Parkland, Florida, student activists who organized the action from the Pittsfield… Read more »