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The fight by House Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns will go to the courts in a lawsuit soon-to-be filed by the House Counsel’s office. U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee made the revelation at the annual meeting of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council in Springfield on… Read more »

The chairman of a key congressional committee warned Thursday that he would take steps to block new tariffs against Mexico if President Donald Trump follows through on his plans to impose the duties early next week. “The president’s proposed tariffs would hurt American workers, businesses and consumers,” said Rep. Richard Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal pushed back Thursday on President Donald J. Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican imports, calling the plan an “overreach” and vowing to introduce a resolution to stop the tariffs. “The President’s proposed tariffs would hurt American workers, businesses, and consumers," Neal said in a statement. "Commandeering U.S.… Read more »

‘You just kept going forward and hoped you didn’t get killed,” Earl D. Clark Jr., of West Springfield, remembered. “You’d see people going down around you. Mines and everything else were going off. ... You didn’t just walk up that beach. ... You had no place to hide. ... I was one of the lucky ones.” Clark went from the hold of a landing craft… Read more »

LUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal was in Ludlow Wednesday to announce a three million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help upgrade Riverside Road. The money will help rebuild and extend Riverside Road, which is the main road to the more than 100-year-old Ludlow Mills complex. Select Board chairman, Derek DeBarge told 22News, the upgrade will… Read more »

BOSTON – If state government is going to approve the three-month delay in payroll taxes needed to fund the new paid family and medical leave program that advocacy and business groups have pushed for, it is likely going to happen this week, the governor said Monday. The fledgling Department of Family and Medical Leave plans to begin collecting a 0.63 percent payroll tax from… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority showed off its new $55 million, state-of-the-art operations and maintenance center on Cottage Street Monday, saying the facility enhances its mission of providing vital transportation to the region including thousands of low-income riders. State and federal legislators, area mayors, representatives of state and federal agencies,… Read more »

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It'll be a series of firsts for Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity when it builds six net-zero energy use condominiums on land on Deming Street.  It is the first such project for the organization. It is the first time it had used a panel-build day. It is the first time a bank is financing the project. And it is the first for a "homebuilders blitz." … Read more »

AGAWAM — Memorial Day observances Monday at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery had state Rep. John C. Velis recalling words painted on a wall in Afghanistan. It was a message he saw as he was leaving to come home from his first of two deployments as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. "Live a life worthy of their sacrifice," Velis said. "That's what the mural said.… Read more »

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) - Top state lawmakers attended a Memorial Day ceremony at the Agawam Veterans Cemetery on Monday.  Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Congressman Richard Neal spoke to veterans and their families about the importance of their loved one's service to the country and the Commonwealth.  During the ceremony at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial… Read more »