Feb 26, 2020
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – Mayor Domenic J. Sarno joined with Executive Director of PBRM Patrick Sullivan, Chief Development Officer Tim Sheehan, Director of Community Development...
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — City officials on Tuesday announced plans for a $2.5 million project to improve the Watershops Pond Dam, which is deemed to have “high hazard”...
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLivePHILADELPHIA — Julius Erving and fellow basketball hall-of-famer Sheryl Swoopes struck fear in the opposition on the court. On Tuesday, they struck coins at the...
Feb 19, 2020
Washington, DCTop Democrats from the House Ways and Means Committee, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, House Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee yesterday called for the Trump...
Feb 15, 2020
Westfield, MA | Duncan MacLean, WWLPWESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts senators and representatives announced $10 million in funding to increase rural high-speed internet access in western...
Feb 13, 2020
Washington, DCThe Federal Communications Commission today authorized more than $10 million in funding over ten years to expand rural broadband in Massachusetts. These investments will connect...
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on President Trump’s FY 2021 budget proposal: “When I saw the President’s...
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the disappearing corporate income tax. It has been two years since the Minority passed their tax bill...
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCReaction is mixed today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement to carry out a new cleanup of the polluted Housatonic River. An...
Feb 10, 2020
Springfield, MA | Dave Canton, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service’s newest “forever” stamp, featuring PBS newsperson Gwen Ifill, was officially unveiled Sunday in the atrium of the former...
Feb 7, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) released legislative text of the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical...
Feb 7, 2020
Boston, MA | Data released on possible corridors, station stops, frequency of weekday round trips, anticipated ridership and costsBOSTON - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Planning...
Feb 7, 2020
Washington, DC | Mary Ellen McIntire, Roll CallThe House Ways and Means Committee released a proposal Friday to curb surprise medical bills, offering a new bipartisan plan that the panel is set to...
Feb 7, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, who has called east-west passenger rail in Massachusetts a priority and has begun laying the groundwork for federal...
Feb 7, 2020
Boston, MA | Colin A. Young, State House News ServiceBOSTON - A majority of the state’s Congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to launch an inquiry into how the...
Feb 7, 2020
Washington, DC | Bruce Mohl, CommonWealthA LONG-AWAITED ANALYSIS of East-West rail service indicates passengers could travel between Boston and Springfield in as little as 79 minutes at speeds up to...
Feb 7, 2020
Washington, DC | Adam Vaccaro, The Boston GlobeIt will take significant federal funding for Massachusetts to establish train service connecting Boston and the western part of the state,...
Feb 6, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S.-Kenya trade relationship after meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta:...
Feb 6, 2020
Boston, MABoston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), William Keating...
Feb 4, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Dusty Christensen, The Daily Hampshire GazetteHOLYOKE — The smell of pizza filled the ground-floor room at The Care Center on Monday as a group of around 30 women gathered to ask...
