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LUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Many state agencies have played a significant role in fighting COVID-19. The Hampden County Jail inmates have been working to help benefit the future of others and themselves by assisting in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic “We are self sufficient, we have to be, we’re a city behind the fences.” Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »

Inmates at correctional institutions across the country are producing face masks and other protective equipment to combat the coronavirus pandemic.   There is a PPE production program at a county jail in western Massachusetts.  York Street Industries, the corrections industry of the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, has produced more than 67,000 face masks,… Read more »

We speak with Congressman Richard Neal about the Supreme Court's ruling on President Trump's taxes, the coronavirus pandemic, his reelection campaign and other issues facing his district. Listen HERE.  Read more »

LUDLOW — In March, when everyone was still learning about the coronavirus and before it had killed 136,00 Americans, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal was telling people to pay attention to everything Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Today, with the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under attack from the Trump administration and seemingly sidelined from… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — As Black Lives Matter protests around the country continue in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, several residents of Springfield’s Atwater Park noticed an uncomfortable silence about the issue from their neighbors. “George Floyd’s death was a shock for the entire nation,” said Jillian… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Residents in the Atwater Community walk the neighborhood and place Black Lives Matter signs on lawns. City leaders along with Congressman Richard Neal spoke about the unrest the country has gone through and policing. Now the goal is to show the Atwater Community supports Black Lives Matter. One neighborhood resident said she already has a sign in her lawn.… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The Trump Administration rescinds the rule that would require international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their schools are remote in the fall. An international student in Holyoke is feeling a sigh of relief as she was directly impacted by this because her school already announced they’re going completely remote in the… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The clock is ticking for the CARES Act that comes to an end on July 31, leaving many people without the extra enhanced unemployment assistance and many wondering if we will see another round of stimulus checks. Congressman Richard Neal said the HEROES Act is still under negotiation even though it is clear Americans need more financial help now more than… Read more »

STOCKBRIDGE — His party didn't get all that it wanted, but U.S. Rep. Richard Neal still applauded the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to give prosecutors access to President Donald Trump's tax filings. During a Q&A with constituents Friday morning, Neal hailed the justices' 7-2 ruling in the Trump v. Vance case, which allows New York prosecutors to view the same… Read more »

STOCKBRIDGE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The U.S. Supreme Court decided to allow President Trump to continue to keep his tax records out of Congress' hands. Representative Richard Neal spoke out about the ruling after facing some backlash. On Thursday, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, who's challenging Neal in this year's election, called out the congressman, saying his inaction in Congress is the… Read more »