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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Arbor comes from Latin and means tree. Arbor Day was started in Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton who proposed a tree planting day. On April 10, 1872 an estimated one million trees were planted across the state. During the 1870s other states started observing Arbor Day and the tradition began in schools in 1882. In 1885 Arbor Day became a legal holiday and… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Urban League of Springfield hosted a virtual celebration of their 108th anniversary Thursday evening. The organization works to advocate and provide services to the Black community in the Greater Springfield Area. They provide support and new opportunity, aimed at helping those who disproportionately impacted within the community. Congressman… Read more »

Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal praised President Biden’s proposed expansion of the social safety net, but the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee won’t commit on how to pay for it. The western Massachusetts Democrat says Biden made a strong case for his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan during the president’s first address to a joint session… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD — Promising to get the Ways and Means Committees work on infrastructure done by July and hopeful of getting something passed the House by the August recess, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal praised President Joe Biden’s Wednesday night speech to a joint session of Congress. “That speech he gave last night was Joe Biden,” Neal, chairman of the powerful House… Read more »

Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts on Tuesday proposed sweeping economic overhauls that would provide Americans universal paid family and medical leave, guaranteed child care access and permanent expansions of tax credit boosts that Democrats approved in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said in… Read more »

The Democrat in command of the House’s key tax-writing committee is offering a list of priorities aimed at providing sweeping new benefits to working parents and families. Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and gatekeeper of new tax legislation, plans on Tuesday to outline investments in what Democrats are calling “human… Read more »

(CNN)House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal has introduced a massive social programs infrastructure package aimed at making enhancements to the child tax credit permanent, expanding paid family leave and boosting access to child care for Americans. The "Building the Economy for Families Act" comes as the Biden administration is expected to unveil its own American… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA—Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) unveiled a groundbreaking plan to reshape the American economy through universal paid family and medical leave, guaranteed access to child care, and permanently extending worker and family-related refundable tax credits from the American Rescue Plan. The Building an Economy for Families Act is the… Read more »

CHICOPEE — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal visited Chicopee City Hall Friday, discussing the $55 million the city expects to get from the American Rescue Plan passed in Washington in March, the lingering impact of COVID-19 and the Biden administration’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan includes $29.9 million for the city, and the… Read more »

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Chicopee Mayor John Vieau joined Congressman Richard Neal in a discussion about the American Rescue Plan means for the city.  Congressman Richard Neal visited Chicopee Friday to announce federal funding from the $1.6 trillion American Rescue Plan, $8.5 billion is going to Massachusetts and $29.9 million is for City of Chicopee and the Chicopee Public… Read more »