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SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WWLP) -Congressman Richard Neal gathered with current and prospective doctors at UMass-Medical Schools’ Baystate campus to learn about their PURCH program. PURCH stands for population-based urban and rural community health. The “PURCH” track teaches students about population health, improving the healthcare system, and addressing health concerns… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — Research suggests expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit, like U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal wants to do, would boost 1.9 million Massachusetts families, giving a quarter of the state’s population tax cuts or refunds averaging $1,820 in 2020. “And the best part about it is that it is an incentive to work,” said Neal, a… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — The secret “grand jury” portion of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is over and now it’s time for public testimony, said U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Neal also said a recent federal court ruling — one made by a Trump-appointed judge — strengthens his efforts as chair of House Ways &… Read more »

With work to finalize the new trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico still incomplete, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal is leading a delegation of federal lawmakers to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday. Neal’s office said the Springfield Democrat “intends to raise issues related to how the United… Read more »

A new structure to train firefighters from throughout western Massachusetts to save lives has been erected at the Department of Fire Services’ Springfield academy.   The two-story building, referred to as a training prop, allows firefighters to practice searching for and rescuing people in a fire.  It was practice that used to take place at another facility on the campus… Read more »

The Brexit maelstrom might be three thousand miles to the east, but it was the topic of hot discussion on Thursday evening of last week in two U.S. cities less than three hundred miles apart – New York and Washington. D.C. In New York, Congressman Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the congressional Friends of Ireland, led a discussion on Brexit and… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts’s 1st District said Thursday that the House vote to advance the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump to the public phase was “not done lightly" and came at a time when the nation found itself “at the intersection of history.” “The resolution provides the path forward for public hearings,” Neal said in a… Read more »

A member of the United States House of Representatives has warned that US Congress will not pass a trade deal with Britain if the Belfast Agreement is undermined. Richard Neal, the chair of the Ways and Means committee, spoke at an event at the Irish embassy in Washington on Tuesday evening, saying: “My committee handles trade, that is not going to happen. Period,” noting… Read more »

The effort to secure a Brexit deal moved past a midnight deadline Tuesday and into today with reports indicating progress on a package that the British government will present to the European Union in advance of a two day EU summit beginning tomorrow. Any deal formulated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will also have to survive the unpredictable attention of the British… Read more »

PITTSFIELD — Greylock Federal Credit Union is deepening its commitment to provide access to financial services and tools for those in the community who are under-served or don't bank. Greylock has opened its new Community Empowerment Center at its multimillion-dollar, remodeled original branch at 75 Kellogg St. "The CEC will be a space where anyone in our community can access the… Read more »