DESPITE EFFORTS to bolster staffing, the Baker administration is having trouble getting housing assistance funds to families facing eviction. According to state officials, $22.6 million of the $100 million available […]
Distribution of housing assistance funds lagging
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Baker takes heat on vaccine rollout
Gov. Charlie Baker gave an impassioned response on Wednesday to reporters’ questions about who should be prioritized to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. With the vaccine rollout moving ahead slowly and […]
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Baker takes heat on vaccine rollout
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER gave an impassioned response on Wednesday to reporters’ questions about who should be prioritized to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. With the vaccine rollout moving ahead slowly and […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker to sign bill on emergency room access
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is planning a private ceremony on Friday to sign Laura’s Law, a bill requiring hospitals to make their emergency rooms more easily accessible, with signage and lighting. […]
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For Baker, crunch time on climate change
LAST WEEK, a bipartisan climate bill passed with overwhelming majorities in the Massachusetts House and Senate. Gov. Charlie Baker now has to choose – by Thursday at midnight – between cementing his and […]
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On climate change bill, it might be ‘groundhog day’
THE LEADERS of the House and Senate on Wednesday put pressure on Gov. Charlie Baker to sign a climate change bill into law by warning him that the two branches […]
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Mayor Alex Morse did not violate UMass policies with online chats
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse made students at the University of Massachusetts, where he was a faculty member, feel uncomfortable by reaching out to them on social media […]
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Prisoners to start getting vaccinated next week
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said the state’s 13,200 prisoners will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday along with about 80,000 residents and staff at homeless shelters, substance use treatment programs, and […]
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Walsh evolution in confronting racism takes center stage
THE BOOKENDS TO Marty Walsh’s seven-year run as mayor are all you need to look at to understand how the issue of race has gone from long-simmering, but often back […]
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Walsh evolution in confronting racism takes center stage
THE BOOKENDS TO Marty Walsh’s seven-year run as mayor are all you need to look at to understand how the issue of race has gone from long-simmering, but often backburner, […]
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Poll finds racial tilt on government priorities
BLACK AND LATINO residents of Massachusetts are more likely than white residents to support a stronger government intervention in society, according to a poll released Wednesday by the MassINC Polling Group. […]
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Baker signs campus sexual assault bill, approves deal affecting craft brewers
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Tuesday signed six bills with statewide implications, including a bill to provide more rights and resources to students involved in cases of sexual misconduct on campus and a long-sought after deal […]
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Healey sitting on large campaign war chest
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey is sitting on a mountain of campaign cash, raising the question of what she’s going to do with it. Healey’s campaign finance reports indicate she had […]
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Tyler to head Black and Latino Caucus
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS THE NEW legislative session gets underway, the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus plans to install Rep. Chynah Tyler of Roxbury as its new chair, replacing Rep. […]
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Future of food delivery fees up to Gov. Baker
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER will be the final arbiter of a dispute between restaurants and food delivery apps over how much the apps can charge for providing delivery services. The economic […]
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Baker sees use for facial recognition in DC probes
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Tuesday he was glad that the state still has access to facial recognition technology as officials attempt to identify and prosecute Massachusetts residents who engaged […]
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Worries mount over climate change bill
Could Gov. Charlie Baker veto the climate change bill? It seems hard to believe, but several supporters of the sweeping legislation say they are hearing troubling reports coming out of […]
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Worries mount over climate change bill
COULD GOV. CHARLIE Baker veto the climate change bill? It seems hard to believe, but several supporters of the sweeping legislation say they are hearing troubling reports coming out of […]
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The threat to democracy is not over
AS I WRITE these lines, it is not clear who is in charge of our country. Beware of anyone who would have you believe that we are going to […]
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Gross would face hurdles, opportunity in mayoral run
IF WILLIAM GROSS jumps into the race for mayor of Boston, one thing is clear: He’ll do so at a time when issues he oversees as the city’s top police […]
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Most T cuts will stand even with new fed money
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MBTA will receive at least $250 million in federal funding under the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, but agency officials plan to move forward with most […]
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Edit averts fight over Allston project
THE MASSACHUSETTS Department of Transportation board avoided a potentially divisive fight on Monday between several of the state’s top transportation officials by watering down a resolution on how to fund […]
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Turnout numbers highlight wealth, racial disparities
IN THE WEALTHY towns of Dover, Sudbury, and Carlisle, more than 90 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the November election. In the poorer cities of Springfield, Lawrence, […]
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Prisoner’s lawyer details attempted suicide
AN ATTORNEY representing a prisoner at a maximum security institution in Shirley says her client informed a corrections officer on January 2 that he was contemplating suicide and was told, […]