STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 10, 2019.....Led by U.S. Rep. Richard Neal of Springfield, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday celebrated a deal with the White House's trade representative over changes to the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, clearing the way for the North American trade compact that President Donald Trump has made a key part of his… Read more »
House Democrats and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to move forward with the White House’s replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, top Democrats said Tuesday.
The two sides had worked for more than a year to resolve Democratic concerns about enforcement tools for labor and environmental standards under the new deal, known as the United… Read more »
House Democrats including Ways and Means Chair Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted Tuesday a deal with the White House and organized labor for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement.
Neal has been active in negotiations, not just with the Trump administration, but with governments in Canada and Mexico, traveling to both capitals in recent months for… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — The Hartford Line commuter rail service attracted record ridership during Thanksgiving weekend, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
CTDOT said it ran extra CTrail Hartford Line trains on Nov. 26, Nov. 27 and Dec. 1. The commuter rail line serves communities between New Haven and Springfield including Hartford.
Springfield’s Union… Read more »
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 »
