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Politics
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Richard Neal speaking at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in 2018.
Sarah Crosby
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Daily Hampshire Gazette / gazettenet.com
The federal government shutdown has dragged into a second week. Springfield U.S. Representative Richard Neal of Springfield, a Democrat said the shutdown could last "a while longer."
House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., in this file photo from 2019.
J. Scott Applewhite
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AP
We get a preview of the Fall Festival at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, find out how the Bogin Playscape Project will improve outcomes for children in western Mass., and talk next steps on the government shutdown with Rep. Jim McGovern.
Political consultant Evan Garber of A.L. Cignoli and Associates, left, The Rundown host Carrie Saldo, center, and Springfield Republican reporter Aprell May Munford at NEPM Studios in Springfield on Oct. 10, 2025.
Elizabeth Román
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NEPM
This week, western Mass. marks two years of war between Israel and Hamas, looks at a controversial immigration resolution in Holyoke, the end of casino mitigation payments from MGM Springfield and asks, is Massachusetts in a "soft secession?"