4:05 Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal said the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package approved by Congress this week after months of back and forth between Democrats and Republicans will help stabilize the American economy and American families. But with the ink barely dry, new economic pain is about to hit Massachusetts.
Neal, who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which was responsible for writing large portions of the bill, called it “a significant achievement” and “a bridge” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
I can t emphasize enough some of the success we ve had in getting this out the door, but a reminder more is going to have to be done, said Neal noting that 20 million Americans are currently unemployed.
Will the stateâs economic development bill get done in time?
The Legislature has under two weeks to wrap up negotiations on legislation that could unlock nearly $500 million in bonding authority
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated December 21, 2020, 7:00 a.m.
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It s an unusual December at the State House, to say the least.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
It has quickly become the craziest of Decembers on Beacon Hill, and a long-awaited economic development bill could end up getting lost in the shuffle as a result.
Yes, help is apparently on the way from Washington. Factions in Congress have reached a compromise on a federal economic relief package that totals nearly $900 billion.
With humor and gratitude, the Most Rev. William Byrne was installed Monday as the 10th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
The Most Rev. William Byrne was ordained and installed as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Springfield on Dec. 14, at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Springfield. SCREENSHOT BY DANNY JIN â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Byrne, previously a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., will serve as the spiritual leader of more than 160,000 Catholics across Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties. Cardinal Sean Patrick OâMalley, the archbishop of Boston, consecrated Byrne on Monday afternoon at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Springfield.