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Congressman Brendan Boyle and Congressman Richard Neal have introduced a resolution in Congress honoring the hundredth anniversary of the inaugural meeting of Dáil Éireann, which produced a Declaration of Independence for Ireland on January 21, 2019. “One hundred and forty-three years after a group of brave American patriots signed the Declaration of Independence in my… Read more »

WORCESTER — The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said Wednesday he plans to request President Trump’s tax returns, but expects a drawn-out legal battle to result, and thus is choosing his words carefully on the matter. “I plan to do it,” Mr. Neal said in a visit to the Telegram & Gazette offices. “We… Read more »

PITTSFIELD — Not if, but how. U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said congressional staffers are mapping grounds for him to request President Donald Trump's federal tax returns, shaping the legal argument best able to overcome an expected court battle. "I intend to ask for the president's tax returns, as soon as the case is documented," Neal said Tuesday in an interview with The Eagle's… Read more »

NORTH ADAMS, MASS. — Although the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that it will not take up a case involving legal challenges to the DACA program -- an issue at the center of debate on immigration in at least one member of Massachusetts' congressional delegation offered that the move is unlikely to impact negotiations to reopen the federal government. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a… Read more »

NORTH ADAMS — The county's congressman will be among those to receive an honorary degree from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in May. The college announced Tuesday that it will award U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, and former North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright honorary Doctor of Public Service degrees at the annual commencement ceremony May 18. Shirley… Read more »

NORTH ADAMS — The students in Stephanie Kopala's world history class at Drury High School had the opportunity to ask their congressman questions face-to-face Tuesday — and they didn't waste it. Students pressed U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, on the federal government's role in funding education, how to rein in student debt, and his position on the much-debated… Read more »

NORTH ADAMS, MASS. — Despite the White House’s suggestion that President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union Address as planned, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal offered Tuesday that details surrounding the joint congressional address -- particularly it’s location -- remain uncertain. The Springfield Democrat, who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee,… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD -- The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame hosted a celebratory breakfast and press conference at the start of Monday’s Hoophall Classic, honoring those involved in getting the Naismith Memorial Commemorative Coin Bill passed. The bill, passed unanimously by the House and Senate after a three-year effort from Congressman Richard Neal, Congressman Andy Barr, and… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Hall of famers like Jim Calhoun and Sheryl Swoopes were at Springfield College on Monday, to celebrate the Basketball Hall of Fame getting a commemorative collector's coin.  The U.S. Treasury will mint the coins beginning in 2020.  The announcment concludes a three year effort by Congressman Richard Neal and Senator Elizabeth Warren of… Read more »

The chairman of a House panel has called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to testify in a public hearing next week on the economic effects of the partial government shutdown. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) made the request in a letter to Mnuchin sent Wednesday night. The Trump administration official has not yet responded to the request, which asks him… Read more »