In this weekly check-in with U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, NEPM's Kari Njiiri asks him about the local effects of the U.S. and Israeli War on Iran and the state of health care for rural communities in WMass.
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A group of rural educators and elected officials from around Massachusetts are sending a week-long SOS to Beacon Hill lawmakers, letting them know, not for the first time, the destructive consequences of underfunding the state's rural schools.
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The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.31 a gallon in Massachusetts this week, up 40 cents from a week ago. That's according to the weekly survey from the auto club AAA.
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A Legislative budget hearing focused on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Executive Office of Transportation and the Registry of Motor Vehicles will be held this week.
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A civil rights advocate with the ACLU of Massachusetts breaks down what to know about residents' rights while interacting with ICE.
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Massachusetts legislators have until mid-March to vote on measures that would legalize online roulette, blackjack, and other casino-style games. Opponents say that form of gambling is highly addictive.
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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, said after strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, Congress should have been given the chance to vote on the issue. And he said, a vote should still take place even though military action is underway.
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Mass. lawmakers this week take up immigration enforcement. This comes as the Feds continue to sharply restrict legal immigration, and deport legal residents in mass deportation initiatives.
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In a 7 to to 4 vote Springfield city councilors stood by Tracye Whitfield and rejected a vote of no confidence.
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Various agencies and refugees in Mass. are suing the Department of Homeland Security over Trump's “Refugee Detention Policy,” which states that refugees applying for green cards must return to federal custody one year after they were admitted to the U.S.
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Chicopee is now the first school district in the state to have cameras installed on their school buses to ensure drivers adhere to the stop signs attached to the vehicles. officials said.
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President Trump spoke to the nation last night during an almost two-hour State of the Union address. And some Democratic lawmakers decided not to attend. That includes U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, of Springfield.
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Members of MA Peace Action held a standout in front of Neal's office in Springfield today, on the 4th anniversary of the war in Ukraine, holding signs that called for de-escalation on the part of the U.S. and its European allies in NATO.
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The Amherst resolution calls for the Massachusetts' Attorney General and the state's district attorneys to open criminal investigations into unlawful actions by federal immigration agents.
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Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, held a recent campaign tour of WMass. He is challenging incumbent U.S Ed Markey in the Democratic primary in September.
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About 30 business leaders and local officials from around Franklin County met with Eric Paley in Greenfield last week, telling the state's relatively new economic development secretary about the wonders and the challenges around the state's most rural county.
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