A special lunch was held at the Sheraton in Springfield for the Western Mass Economic Development Council. Among those speaking: Congressman Richard Neal.
Congressman Richard Neal explained this as an opportunity to show his work on Capitol Hill with local industry leaders.
The Council provides information and resources to local businesses through networking, expansion, and… Read more »
Project celebrated for both historic preservation and needed housing
A ribbon cutting took place Wednesday in Springfield, Massachusetts to celebrate the redevelopment of a former school building into apartments – 11 years to the day the school was wrecked by a tornado.
The old Brookings school is now the Elias Brookings Apartments consisting of 42 rental units with 1, 2, or 3… Read more »
Today, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Assistant Speaker of the House, and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Jake… Read more »
As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) makes headway in standing up the new Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to improve the federal government’s ability to speed biomedical and health research, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led his colleagues Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02),… Read more »
Members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation pressed baby formula manufacturer Abbott Laboratories Tuesday for a timeline on when the company plans to replenish a formula brand that roughly 22,000 infants in the state rely on through a federal program.
In mid-February, the manufacturer began recalling powdered infant formula produced at one of its facilities in Sturgis, Michigan… Read more »
Today, a new effort was launched to rally support for locating the newly-funded federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) in Massachusetts. The effort includes top leaders from Massachusetts higher education, industry and government convened by Governor Charlie Baker, U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means Chair Richard E. Neal, University of Massachusetts President… Read more »
A bid led by top government, business, higher education and life sciences officials to bring a federal biomedical research agency to Massachusetts is launching Monday with a meeting at the UMass Club in Boston.
Gov. Charlie Baker, Congressman Richard Neal, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council CEO Joe Boncore are leading the effort to… Read more »
Massachusetts is joining the multistate contest for a coveted prize: the headquarters of a new federal biomedical research agency.
Top academic, political, and business leaders from the region convened on Monday for the first time in an effort to land the home base for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health — ARPA-H for short.
A recently approved federal spending bill sets… Read more »
On Sunday, Congressman Richard Neal addressed families who sons and daughters aspire to attend one of the nation’s military academies after high school.
Outlining the procedures at the Museum of Springfield history, the Congressman told 22News he takes pride helping these young people do what’s necessary to continue their education at a military academy.
Congressman Neal said, “We now,… Read more »
Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement as states continue to pass their own paid leave policies.
“While it is encouraging to see states enact paid leave programs for their residents, this inconsistent patchwork of policies across the nation exacerbates inequality, disadvantaging millions of women, people of color, and lower-paid… Read more »
