Oct 8, 2026
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com PITTSFIELD — MassDOT now has an agreement with freight railroad company CSX allowing for rail improvements in Pittsfield. The track work will cut conflicts between...
Oct 7, 2026
Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Richard Neal accuse the Treasury of pushing the new tax break further than the law allows. By Bernie Becker, POLITICO The top Democrats on Congress’ tax-writing committees...
Oct 7, 2026
Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the third anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack: "Three years have passed since Hamas...
Oct 6, 2026
By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.com CHICOPEE — For the first time in 20 years, the inspection hangar at Westover Air Reserve Base will no longer look like a cartoon character with its tail...
Oct 6, 2026
New provision continues Trump’s pattern of ignoring clear Congressional mandates in an effort to benefit the wealthy and well-connected WASHINGTON, DC— House Ways and Means Committee Ranking...
Oct 2, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the September 2026 jobs...
Oct 2, 2026
By Jackie Fox, RTÉ News US Representative Richard Neal has described the planned Orange Order march along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown as "provocative". In an interview with RTÉ News, Rep Neal...
Oct 1, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, led the Congressional...
Oct 1, 2026
Fourteen members of US Congress say failing to act decisively risks ‘reopening one of the most painful chapters in North’s history’ By Keith Duggan, Irish Times Leading US politicians have written...
Sep 28, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its intention to lower tariffs on...
Sep 28, 2026
By Daniel Jackson | djackson@repub.com Old news. That’s how a Massachusetts immigration organization targeted by Trump administration cuts characterizes word Friday of $1 billion in lost funding. In...
Sep 28, 2026
By Anthony Neeson, Irish Echo Irish American politicians and organisations have been speaking out this weekend to prevent an Orange parade through the Catholic Garvaghy Road area of Portadown, Co...
Sep 25, 2026
By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael Rainey, The Fiscal Times Good evening! President Trump's lavish summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping is over, and analysts say it didn't produce much progress on...
Sep 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to strip hundreds of thousands of...
Sep 22, 2026
LISTEN HERE WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos Bit by bit, a fleet of new, state-of-the-art fighter aircraft is coming to a Air National Guard base in western Massachusetts....
Sep 22, 2026
Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON...
Sep 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), alongside Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee...
Sep 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted on the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia...
Sep 16, 2026
(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Families have had it with the harm of Republican leadership and the broken promises of a President who only looks out for himself....
Sep 16, 2026
WATCH HERE (As prepared for delivery) M/ Speaker, I rise today not only because I’m concerned about what this bill would do to the people but also because of what a stain it will be on this...
