THE UNFORTUNATE experience Britney Spears has had under guardianship should not be construed to imply that all guardianship arrangements are abusive or exploitative. And the Spears case should not be […]
Britney Spears case isn’t illustrative of much
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
20% increase in breakthrough cases
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN THE WEEK between August 7 and August 14, almost 2,700 fully vaccinated people became infected with COVID-19 in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health said […]
Posted inArts and Culture
A new way to commission public art
MOST MASSACHUSETTS communities use the same process to commission public art as they do to pave a sidewalk or hire a streetsweeper. They put out a call for contractors, review […]
Posted inEducation
Mass. Teachers Assn. backs vaccine mandate
THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION is embracing mandatory vaccinations for all employees and eligible students in public schools and colleges across the state, subject to collective bargaining agreements concerning those not […]
Posted inThe Download
In Kingston, dueling policies over masks
The Kingston Board of Health voted to require masks in schools last week and the following day the Kingston School Committee voted not to. The Board of Health has no […]
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In Kingston, dueling policies over masks
THE KINGSTON BOARD of Health voted to require masks in schools last week and the following day the Kingston School Committee voted not to. The Board of Health has no […]
Posted inPolitics
Somerset seeing exodus of town officials
SOMERSET, a South Coast town caught in the spin cycle of a national debate over energy and climate, is now facing an exodus of municipal officials. Over the last three […]
Posted inOpinion
Mass. casinos returning to pre-pandemic revenue levels
THE STATE’S THREE gaming facilities reported strong revenues in July, with the numbers at Encore and MGM Springfield returning to pre-pandemic levels and the Plainridge Park slots facility trending in […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Why we need to support community health workers
MEDICAL VISITS are rarely straightforward. Add factors such as poverty, chronic stress, complex medical issues, functional impairment, and barriers to material needs, and caring for one’s well-being becomes exponentially more […]
Posted inThe Download
Weekend commuter rail off to good start
Weekend service on all of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines returned on July 3, and already ridership is back close to pre-COVID levels. Saturday ridership is roughly 77 percent of […]
Posted inTransportation
Weekend commuter rail off to good start
WEEKEND SERVICE on all of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines returned on July 3, and already ridership is back close to pre-COVID levels. Saturday ridership is roughly 77 percent of […]
Posted inUncategorized
Outdoor dining mixed bag for those with disabilities
THE PANDEMIC shift to patio seating has been a lifeline for restaurants and many patrons are embracing open-air dining. But for people with disabilities, the nearly-overnight redesign of the cityscape […]
Posted inOpinion
Is it true no one wants to work anymore?
AMRHEINS RESTAURANT in South Boston recently posted a notice on its door advising would-be patrons that it was not to be held responsible for the sub-par dining experience awaiting them […]
Posted inEconomy
Nonprofits carried us through the pandemic
PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS have been lifted in Massachusetts. The crisis isn’t entirely over, but we can take stock of what has enabled us to come so far. And among the countless […]
Posted inRace/Racism
Rooney’s summer hiatus made permanent
BACK IN JUNE, Emily Rooney announced that Beat the Press on GBH was going on hiatus for the summer – “a first for us but a welcome break,” she said. […]
Posted inOpinion
Leaders need to stand on the side of science
AS PHYSICIANS on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic, we lived through the dangers, worries, and devastation of what COVID did to not only our patients, but also our health […]
Posted inHealth Care
Meet the state’s only Black home birth midwife
A BLACK WOMAN is nearly twice as likely as a White woman in Massachusetts to die during pregnancy or after childbirth, according to a 2014 report by the Department of Public […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Love in a time of COVID
During a normal summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
Posted inThe Download
Love in a time of COVID
During a normal summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
Posted inUncategorized
Love in a time of COVID
DURING A NORMAL summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator, would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
Posted inUncategorized
Some state workers get $2,000 bonus for pandemic work
AMID A PUBLIC debate over whether to award “premium pay” to public employees who worked in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baker administration quietly inked deals to give thousands […]
Posted inUncategorized
Massachusetts population shifts toward cities
THE MASSACHUSETTS POPULATION has continued to migrate from the more rural western parts of the state to the dense Boston region over the last decade, according to new data released […]
Posted inEducation
Baker should protect all students with mask mandate
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it […]
Posted inOpinion
Don’t ship Emancipation Statue away
WHEN IT WAS unveiled in Park Square in December 1879, the Emancipation Group statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling ex-slave was described by The Boston Globe as representing the “most […]