US President Donald Trump has announced that his acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is to become the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland.
The role has been vacant since Mr Trump took office.
Mr Mulvaney is an Irish-American with family roots in Co Mayo.
He has been the acting White House Chief of Staff since December 2018 and will be replaced in the role by Republican Congressman… Read more »
As of Saturday, Massachusetts officials say there are 13 confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 in the state – including the first from western Mass. The state's public health department confirmed a man from Berkshire County was among the newest cases.
Hospitals around western Massachusetts said Friday they are busy preparing – and flagging potential weak spots in their… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) – More than 500 lawmakers were in Springfield on Friday to provide a local, state, and federal outlook to the business community.
Congressman Richard Neal, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Assistant Majority Leader Joseph Wagner, MassMutual CEO Roger Crandall, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, and Springfield Chamber President Nancy Creed all spoke at the… Read more »
Nexstar Media Group and Charter Communications said they reached an agreement that will create a special feed of local news from Nexstar’s WWLP-TV in Springfield, Mass., for Charter subscribers in nearby Berkshire County, Mass.
Charter removed WWLP from its channel lineup in 2017 and Massachusetts lawmakers had been pushing for it to return. Charter provides Berkshire County… Read more »
There exists a “grand opportunity” for Congress and the administration to come together and pass a $1 trillion-plus infrastructure package to counter the economic impacts of the coronavirus disease that has killed several people in the U.S., House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal said Tuesday.
Neal and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared to be in agreement on… Read more »
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of WWLP-22News, and Charter Communications announced Friday that they have agreed to provide a special feed of 22News to Charter subscribers in Berkshire County.
WWLP-TV 22News is extremely pleased that Nexstar’s work with Charter, Congressman Neal and Senators Markey and Warren resulted in WWLP-TV’s… Read more »
Spectrum cable television subscribers in the Berkshires will again be able to view news from WWLP-TV, the Springfield-based NBC affiliate.
In a statement released Friday, the office of Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., announced the deal between Spectrum parent company Charter Communications and Nexstar Media Group, owner of WWLP.
The agreement, three years in the making, will restore… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — City officials on Tuesday announced plans for a $2.5 million project to improve the Watershops Pond Dam, which is deemed to have “high hazard” potential, posing a flood risk for the South End.
Led by Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, the local officials gathered at the 19th-century dam off Hickory Street to tour the site and announce the federally funded… Read more »
PHILADELPHIA — Julius Erving and fellow basketball hall-of-famer Sheryl Swoopes struck fear in the opposition on the court.
On Tuesday, they struck coins at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, unveiling a special commemorative coin expected to raise as much as $10 million for Springfield’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame president and CEO John Doleva was… Read more »
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts senators and representatives announced $10 million in funding to increase rural high-speed internet access in western Massachusetts on Friday.
Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with representatives Richard Neal and James McGovern, announced the release of $10.2 million in federal funding specifically for western… Read more »
