IN ALL THE finger-pointing over the state’s shaky COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the criticism may have been aimed at Charlie Baker, but in Revere, the phone calls went to Brian Arrigo. […]
In vaccine rollout, cities find themselves on the front line
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Shecession means the jig is up
WOMEN ENDED 2020 with 5.4 million fewer jobs than they had in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. December unemployment figures showed that employers cut 140,000 jobs in December […]
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State drags its feet on nursing home Medicaid terminations
ON AUGUST 3, the Baker administration sent letters to three nursing homes informing them that a series of care violations had precipitated their ouster from the state’s Medicaid program, the […]
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Needham police report exonerates officers of racial bias
MORE THAN A year after a black man was handcuffed by four police officers near a CVS store in Needham on suspicion of shoplifting, the police department is finally getting […]
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Needham police report exonerates officers of racial bias
MORE THAN A year after a black man was handcuffed by four police officers near a CVS store in Needham on suspicion of shoplifting, the police department is finally getting […]
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Poll: Students unhappy with remote and hybrid learning
A NEW POLL released Tuesday confirmed what many students have been saying all along: High school students far prefer to be learning in person than to be in a remote […]
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Teachers should get vaccine priority among essential workers
THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR has been challenging for all involved. As educators, we have had to adjust and rapidly shift from managing classrooms to ensuring that our families are secure and […]
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Glitch resolved for immigrants seeking unemployment insurance
THE STATE’S Department of Unemployment Assistance has cleared up a paperwork Catch-22 for immigrants with temporary protected status that was preventing them from receiving or extending their unemployment benefits. Temporary protected […]
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Paul Biddinger, head of state vaccine advisory group
Dr. Paul Biddinger, who specializes in emergency preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital and heads the governor’s COVID-19 vaccination advisory board, says a third of those eligible to be inoculated in […]
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Biddinger analyzes vaccine rollout challenges
Dr. Paul Biddinger, who specializes in emergency preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital and heads the governor’s COVID-19 vaccination advisory board, says a third of those eligible to be inoculated in […]
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Baker says proposed drug overcharging penalties would total $70m
IT’S BAKER versus drug companies, take two. Gov. Charlie Baker, in his fiscal 2022 budget proposal, is reviving a controversial plan to penalize drug companies for charging too much for […]
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Biddinger analyzes vaccine rollout challenges
Dr. Paul Biddinger, who specializes in emergency preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital and heads the governor’s COVID-19 vaccination advisory board, says a third of those eligible to be inoculated in […]
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Biddinger analyzes vaccine rollout challenges
DR. PAUL BIDDINGER, who specializes in emergency preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital and heads the governor’s COVID-19 vaccination advisory board, says a third of those eligible to be inoculated in […]
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DOC proposing to tighten oversight of mail
THE STATE DEPARTMENT of Correction, citing concerns about drug deliveries, is proposing to tighten oversight of incoming prison mail, including correspondence from attorneys. During an online hearing on Friday, agency […]
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A direct approach to generational urban poverty
I WATCHED in horror as the riots unfolded in the US Capitol on January 6, but I was not surprised. It was a culmination of actions we have seen over […]
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Lawrence no longer a ‘city of the damned’
TEN YEARS AGO, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released “Lessons from Resurgent Cities,” in which they set out to discover the “secret sauce” that enabled some mid-sized industrial cities […]
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Consider the potential of water utility jobs
“WHEN I GROW UP, I want to be a wastewater operator.” That is probably not a commonly heard sentiment, but we think it should be, especially for our young people […]
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We’re relying on the wrong pharmacies for vaccinations
ACCORDING TO THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Massachusetts has administered about 50 percent of the vaccine distributed. This is about average when compared to other states, but […]
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MBTA offers 2 employees ‘sign-on bonuses’
A correction has been added to this story concerning the information regarding Angel Pena. THE MBTA has begun offering so-called “sign-on bonuses” to attract some employees to join the transit […]
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DOC moving slowly on home confinement releases
THE LEGISLATURE a month ago gave the Department of Correction broader authority to release prisoners amid the pandemic, but so far the agency has taken little action. The legislation, passed […]
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DOC moving slowly on home confinement releases
The Legislature a month ago gave the Department of Correction broader authority to release prisoners amid the pandemic, but so far the agency has taken little action. The legislation, passed […]
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State’s COVID-19 numbers trending down
THE NUMBER of communities at high-risk for COVID-19 dropped 13.5 percent on Thursday and the state as a whole saw its numbers take a dive, according to the state’s weekly […]
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Let’s try this (climate change bill) again
WITH LITTLE FANFARE and no drama, the House and Senate on Thursday enacted and sent to the governor the same climate change bill he vetoed on January 14. The Senate […]
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House delays rules debate amid transparency push
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE is pushing off its biennial debate on rules for six months, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to delay the rules debate also comes […]