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By EMILEE KLEIN

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal knows his accomplishments speak for themselves.As the former chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and current ranking member, Neal helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Investment and...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SPRINGFIELD — Just as Nadia Milleron began to address the press on a recent afternoon, standing in front of bright yellow banners that read “Nadia Milleron for Congress,” the bells of the Springfield Courthouse rang out, as if announcing her campaign...

By GREG VINE

Cornelius Shea is quick to acknowledge that his campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern this Nov. 5 would be considered a long shot.Shea, a 20-year Marine Corps veteran, is running as an independent, though he assisted his father on a...

By GREG VINE

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is wrapping up his 13th term in the U.S. House, but after nearly 26 years representing the 2nd Congressional District, he says he hasn’t tired of the job.McGovern, 64, the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, described...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Election season is quickly approaching, but for some community members, making their voices heard at the polls can come with unexpected challenges.Among those at Transhealth, increasingly strict voter ID laws and a feeling of burgeoning...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — At Tuesday’s election, voters voiced their support for multi-winner ranked-choice voting in future city elections, in a nonbinding ballot question that received 1,721 votes in favor and 1,066 votes against.Multi-winner ranked-choice...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — For more than a decade, Amherst has been pursuing a new elementary school, a project extended for several years when a previous proposal failed and the community couldn’t agree on the best approach to take for the education of students at...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — A sizable majority of Massachusetts voters would prefer for Beacon Hill to deploy its budget surplus toward reducing taxes rather than increasing overall spending, according to a new poll.Three-quarters of the voters surveyed by polling and...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — A bill making its way through the state Legislature would create an automatic voter registration system in the state, changing the current opt-in format to an opt-out system.State Rep. Peter Kocot, D-Northampton, has presented the bill...