SPRINGFIELD — The 122 production employees at CRRC MA’s mammoth rail car factory on Page Boulevard celebrated Monday with U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal to mark a Washington compromise that allows the company to seek new contracts despite opposition to the Chinese-owned manufacturer.
“This was a victory for good policy and common sense,” said Neal, a Springfield… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal spoke Wednesday in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump as the House of Representatives moved toward a historic vote.
“It is deeply unfortunate that we have to undertake the impeachment proceedings unfolding today," said Neal, according to prepared remarks released by his office. "But the part we play in this process is not optional: among other things,… Read more »
Congressman Joe Kennedy III, together with Congressman Richard Neal and Brendan Boyle, called on the leaders of the United Kingdom’s three major political parties to reaffirm their support for the Good Friday Agreement in advance of last week’s general election.
By Friday, that call was effectively specifically directed at the Conservative Party led by returning prime… Read more »
A $ 1 million improvement plan has been unveiled for an urban park in western Massachusetts.
Walsh Park is 12 acres of fields and woods tucked between residential streets in Springfield’s Liberty Heights section. Come the summer of 2021, the park will have two playgrounds, a splash pad, baseball diamond, a walking path, and picnic area.
"We are very very excited about this project… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — This city has long sought to recover the jobs it lost during its 20th century industrial decline, and in recent years it began to make some headway — attracting big new employers, including the plant making Red and Orange line cars for the MBTA.
But city leaders have been watching nervously in recent weeks as Congress considered restrictions on the plant’s… Read more »
A defense spending bill passed by the U.S. House includes language granting a reprieve to a Chinese-owned rail car factory in Springfield.
There was a push by some lawmakers on Capitol Hill to ban the use of taxpayer funds on public transit rail cars that are made by Chinese entities.
But a compromise will allow CRRC to continue bidding on projects for current clients, and will give the… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — Walsh Park in the city’s Liberty Heights section is basically an empty field ringed by trees.
But by the summer 2021, the 12-acre park tucked back in a residential neighborhood near Interstate 291 will have two inclusive playgrounds — one for ages 2 to 5 and another for ages 5 to 12 — a baseball/softball field, all-access walking path, splash pad,… Read more »
The House Ways and Means Committee released its own proposal Wednesday for ending surprise medical bills, potentially complicating an effort by some lawmakers to include a rival proposal in a year-end spending bill.
Surprise out-of-network medical bills are unpopular among the public, both parties and President Donald Trump. But lawmakers disagree about the details of how to pay doctors… Read more »
Compromise language in a Pentagon spending bill passed Wednesday evening by the U.S. House of Representatives will allow Springfield’s CRRC MA factory to compete for contracts making rail cars for American transit agencies and not fall under a federal ban meant to stifle the Chinese-owned company.
Under language inserted in the National Defense Authorization Act through the efforts… Read more »
While House Democrats were publicly battling with President Trump over impeachment this fall, Representative Richard Neal was a key player in the final stages of a drama playing out behind the scenes: the effort to get a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada across the finish line.
For more than six months, Neal, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee,… Read more »
