EAST LONGMEADOW, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal spent part of his day Wednesday in East Longmeadow.
Neal visited with officials from Excel Dryer. The company has begun producing mobile hand dryers to allow frontline workers to have clean, dry hands wherever they're needed.
The congressman told Western Mass News that could be a vital tool in fighting the… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW -- Hand washing is an important weapon in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
But so is hand drying, the folks at Excel Dryer in East Longmeadow reminded the public and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, on Wednesday.
Company CEO and president Denis Gagnon, his wife, Nancy, and their son, Excel vice president Bill Gagnon, hosted Neal for a factory tour and to show off a… Read more »
Bipartisan momentum is building in Congress to let small businesses get tax-free loan forgiveness while also deducting their expenses, a move that would provide clarity and unusually generous tax benefits.
Top lawmakers in both parties asked the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday to reverse a ruling that would deny those deductions. And senior senators backed legislation that would… Read more »
Law360 (May 5, 2020, 4:58 PM EDT) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission released a report detailing tariff levels for medical supplies needed to combat COVID-19, prompting a congressional leader to call for a 90-day suspension of all tariffs on coronavirus-related medical products.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement… Read more »
The White House may be trying to pump the brakes on the next round of economic relief being discussed in Congress, but U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Monday that it’s full steam ahead for House Democrats, who want to provide more aid to state and local governments, as well as hospitals, families and the unemployed.
“We’re writing it now,” Neal told the News Service… Read more »
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Businesses around the country are applying and receiving loans from the paycheck protection program.
Most businesses applied through Small Businesses Association lenders, hoping to receive funding to keep their businesses alive. A Holyoke institution. Nick’s Nest in Holyoke began as a popcorn cart almost 100 years ago. Today, it stands as a popular… Read more »
HOLYOKE — Kevin and Jennifer Chateauneuf can’t let folks eat at the dining stools at Nick’s Nest, the 99-year-old hot dog stand on Northampton Street they’ve owned for 15 years.
And everyone — even U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, who visited Thursday to talk about the federal Paycheck Protection Program — has to wear a mask when they come in… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD – In 1990 a regional effort was established to better cope with trash in quickly filling landfills. The Springfield Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) was founded and Congressman Richard Neal noted its 30th anniversary on Earth Day with a visit.
Neal was mayor of Springfield at the time and said it has been “a spectacular success.”
Neal recalled the… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW – Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Congressman Richard Neal and Hasbro President and COO John Frascotti all toured Cartimundi, which produces games and Play-Doh for Hasbro, on April 25 and praised the company for re-tooling its manufacturing facility from making some of this country’s iconic board games to producing plastic face shields to be donated… Read more »
The American bus industry could lose billions of dollars and cut thousands of jobs as the wider economy is hit by the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns, according to a new report.
Research published by the American Bus Association (ABA) on Monday warned that the private motorcoach industry stands to lose $4.7 billion and cut as many as 27,350 jobs, even if coronavirus lockdowns… Read more »
