Richard Neal

For the second time in as many days, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be riding the rails. After riding a commuter rail train Monday as the MBTA embarked upon a monthlong end-to-end shutdown of its Orange Line, Baker on Tuesday afternoon plans to hitch a ride with Amtrak between Boston and Springfield. Riding with Baker will be U.S. Rep....

A bid led by top government, business, higher education and life sciences officials to bring a federal biomedical research agency to Massachusetts is launching Monday with a meeting at the UMass Club in Boston. Gov. Charlie Baker, Congressman Richard Neal, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council CEO Joe Boncore are leading the effort to bring the…

Democrats have notched a victory in the fight for a national plan for paid leave. But getting it into final legislation could still be an uphill battle.

House Democrats say they will propose a bill with “meaningful” relief from the cap on state and local tax deductions, known as SALT.

Democrats are starting to push plans for providing paid family and medical leave, easing climate change and bolstering education through House committees.

Data for the 2019 tax year shows that 497 taxpayers have $25 million or more in aggregate IRA balances. Some lawmakers hope to curb use of those tax shelters.

Child care advocates are thrilled to hear that Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, controller of the House of Representatives’ purse strings, has prioritized guaranteed child care and the right to paid family and medical leave for every worker in the federal infrastructure bill Democrats are trying to pass.

President Biden’s infrastructure plan would include funding for paid family leave and child tax credits, thrilling child care advocates but prompting pushback from Republicans who don’t think it counts as infrastructure.

The latest Covid-19 pandemic relief package is set to include a third round of stimulus payments worth $1,400 for adult dependents.

Local politicians were quick to react to the news Thursday that Boston Mayor Walsh had been picked by President-elect Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Department of Labor. Walsh, 53, has yet to release a statement, but he has been rumored to be in the running for the labor post for months. Following reports that the mayor had been selected,…

Gov. Charlie Baker responds to reports of Boston Mayor Walsh being tapped for a cabinet position.

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, who’s running in the congressional primary against Rep. Richard Neal, is responding to allegations he engaged in inappropriate conduct while teaching at UMass Amherst.

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and his Democratic primary challenger, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, faced off in a debate Monday night as Morse tries to unseat the longtime incumbent.  The race has been marked by allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with students by Morse when he was an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  The 31-year-old Democratic mayor,...

Rep. John Lewis gave Commencement speeches at Harvard University and Boston University in 2018.

Condolences and remembrances have been pouring in for Rep. John Lewis, one of the lions of the civil rights fight of the 1960s, who died Friday at 80. Politicians from Massachusetts and around New England joined in, hailing the longtime public servant who is perhaps most famous for leading the march on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in…

The U.S. congressman died Friday, a source has told NBC News.

Dozens of residents have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a Massachusetts nursing home for veterans, and a federal lawmaker is now speaking out. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., weighed in Monday on the situation at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 40 veterans have now died, 33 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. “This is an American challenge,” Neal said. “It’s an…

A lawmaker is weighing in after dozens of residents have died at a nursing facility for veterans.

The Massachusetts congressional delegation is working to get the word out about what exactly is in the latest $2 trillion relief package.