Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal (D-Springfield) was among the political leaders who attended Outlook 2016- an annual luncheon hosted by the Springfield Regional...
Purple Heart ceremony: Springfield Veteran Joseph Gucciardi appreciates ‘big to-do’
Mar 30, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD – City veteran Joseph Gucciardi said his colleagues in the Veterans Services office learned that he had received a Purple Heart award in the mail, decided that would not...
Gov. Charlie Baker to Springfield Chamber: Initiatives will help Western Mass.
Mar 29, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Charlie Baker answered calls Tuesday for Massachusetts' economic successes – including General Electric's decision to relocate its global headquarters to Boston –...
Pioneer Valley looks to leverage $643M Connecticut passenger rail investment in New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line
Mar 11, 2016
Washington, DC HARTFORD — Connecticut is spending $643 million in state and federal money improving the rail line from Springfield south to New Haven, with plans to run frequent commuter service by...
Rep. Richard Neal hears success stories at Valley Venture Mentors accelerator ‘boot camp’
Mar 4, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal listened intently Friday as, one-by-one, entrepreneurs from this year's Valley Venture Mentors Springfield Accelerator program shared...
Western Massachusetts to mark 100-year anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising
Mar 4, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD - The Easter Rising of 1916 set Ireland on the road to independence and Western Massachusetts plans to mark the event with the help of John Wayne. A free showing of "The...
Congressional Corner With Richard Neal
Mar 2, 2016
Washington, DC An eight-person Supreme Court is either an emergency or the new normal depending on who you ask. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal tells...
U.S. Rep. Neal announces bill to mint commemorative Hoop Hall coin for 60th anniversary
Feb 27, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal this week announced he will co-sponsor a bill to mint a commemorative coin in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball...
Congressman Richard Neal, Mayor Marty Walsh talk Irish freedom at Boston College forum
Feb 23, 2016
Washington, DC BOSTON — It's been 100 years since a motley bunch of rebels seized control of Dublin's General Post Office, where Patrick Pearse famously proclaimed Ireland's independence from...
Progress continues as completion of Springfield’s Union Station expected by end of 2016
Feb 17, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD — With practiced alacrity, the crane swings over the waiting flatbed tractor-trailer parked outside Union Station. Workers scramble, hooking chains to the huge chunk of...
Holyoke Community College receives $1.55M grant to renovate The Cubit for culinary center
Jan 29, 2016
Washington, DC HOLYOKE — Bill Messner, the president of Holyoke Community College, gave himself and his staff a pat on the back on Friday. The college announced it was awarded a $1.55 million grant...
HBO documentary ‘Heroin: Cape Cod, USA’ to be screened at Springfield’s Basketball Hall of Fame; movie producer to speak
Jan 27, 2016
Washington, DC U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal will host a free screening of the HBO documentary "Heroin: Cape Cod, USA" at Springfield's Basketball Hall of Fame Thursday. The film will be shown after...
CommonWealth Magazine: Waiting His Turn
Jan 12, 2016
Washington, DC PAUL RYAN’S ASCENSION to the House speaker’s chair in October meant some reshuffling at the Ways and Means committee he was leaving behind, a panel with jurisdiction over taxes,...
Attorney General Maura Healey to discuss heroin initiatives in Washington DC
Jan 11, 2016
Washington, DC Attorney General Maura Healey will meet with Congress members and other federal officials to discuss the state's expanding heroin addiction crisis, share her plans for ways to handle...
‘Heroin: Cape Cod, USA’ screening in DC: Officials say more education, funding, treatment needed to fight opioid crisis
Jan 11, 2016
Washington, DC With President Obama planning to bring up the escalating heroin crisis in his State of the Union Address and the continuing increase in heroin overdose deaths in Western...
US Rep. Richard Neal: Retirement investment proposals seek to protect consumers, not about MassMutual
Jan 8, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD ? Stressing that he wants to ensure Americans can easily receive financial advice for retirement, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, beat back suggestions Thursday...
US Rep. Richard Neal: Retirement investment proposals seek to protect consumers, not about MassMutual
Jan 7, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD ? Stressing that he wants to ensure Americans can easily receive financial advice for retirement, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, beat back suggestions Thursday...
Springfield launches 1916 Irish Easter Rising Garden of Remembrance project at Forest Park
Jan 5, 2016
Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD — Local officials and residents gathered at Forest Park on Tuesday next to the Lower Rose Garden to launch the construction of a Garden of Remembrance to commemorate the...
InFocus: Political review of 2015 and outlook for 2016
Jan 1, 2016
Washington, DC CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – 2015 saw its share of triumph and tragedy. As 2016 quickly approaches, some of us take time to reflect on the year that was. This week on 22News InFocus,...
Boston Pops gets holiday help from U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal
Dec 14, 2015
Washington, DC When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart was looking for a celebrity reader for its rendition of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," this year, he invited well-known music fan, U.S....