THE MBTA said it has suspended 11 employees without pay for violating the transit authority’s policy on wearing face masks. Another 52 workers have received written warnings and 90 verbal […]
11 T workers suspended for not wearing masks
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SJC upholds Baker’s sweeping COVID-19 authority
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT strongly affirmed that Gov. Charlie Baker’s March 10 declaration of a COVID-19 emergency and his long list of subsequent orders shutting down and opening up parts […]
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Healey signs onto anti-Facebook lawsuit
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey has signed onto a massive lawsuit against Facebook that has the potential to restructure one of the country’s biggest and most powerful technology companies. Healey […]
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Healey signs onto anti-Facebook lawsuit
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey has signed onto a massive lawsuit against Facebook that has the potential to restructure one of the country’s biggest and most powerful technology companies. Healey […]
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Confusion over tax status stymies solar projects
AN OUTDATED LAW and a series of rulings by an obscure tax board are throwing the state’s landscape for solar projects into disarray. The question revolves around whether commercial solar […]
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Failure to reimburse municipalities for state-owned land hurts rural towns
WENDELL IS A SMALL TOWN in Franklin County with fewer than 1,000 people. Much of it is taken up by Wendell State Forest, a 7,500-acre property with hills, streams, ponds, and trails. While the […]
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Prisoners get high priority for vaccine
ADVOCATES FOR THE 13,000 people incarcerated at state and county jails praised the Baker administration on Wednesday for deciding to give prisoners and prison officials early access to the COVID-19 […]
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Gov. Baker: Sign the police reform bill
State Rep. Liz Miranda and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins sent the following letter today to Gov. Charlie Baker Dear Governor Baker, AS THE STATE representative that authored the provision […]
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HinghamYIMBY supports more than just wooing market-rate homebuyers
I’D LIKE TO acknowledge the efforts CommonWealth has made to publicize the need for — and explore the many deep-seated local obstacles to — affordable and low-income housing throughout the Boston area. In […]
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Trump’s rise — and fall — carry a Massachusetts echo
HIS ELECTORAL TRIUMPH seemed like a fluke. Just to pursue our highest public office as a first-time candidate was improbable enough. To go on to win it was so flabbergasting as […]
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Walker warns of bumpy road in communities of color
REV. LIZ WALKER of the Roxbury Presbyterian Church said on Wednesday that she was honored to be a part of the state’s effort to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine – […]
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Vaccine to roll out in 3 phases; no cost for shots
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION laid out its COVID-19 vaccination plan in detail on Wednesday, with the first shipment of 60,000 doses to be delivered to 21 hospitals across the state as […]
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Will people get a second COVID-19 vaccine?
A NEW POLL shows most Massachusetts residents are comfortable with eventually getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The results are good news, as health experts keep pointing out that even a vaccine […]
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Will people get a second COVID-19 vaccine?
A NEW POLL shows most Massachusetts residents are comfortable with eventually getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The results are good news, as health experts keep pointing out that even a vaccine […]
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Don’t forget home care workers
AS WE WAIT for a final plan on who should be the first to receive limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, there is general consensus that health care personnel who are […]
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Poll signals new approach at Museum of Science
THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, known primarily as an interesting place to visit, took a step out into the community on Tuesday, releasing a poll surveying the attitudes of Massachusetts […]
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Baker takes the state back a step
FOLLOWING SIX DAYS of surging COVID-19 case numbers, Gov. Charlie Baker said on Tuesday that Massachusetts is taking a step backward in its reopening plan. “We cannot simply wait for […]
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Boys & Girls Clubs become remote learning centers
TUCKED INSIDE the $46 billion state budget sitting on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk is a provision funneling $2.2 million to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs to help […]
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Ranked-choice opponents peddled ‘alternative facts’
I LEARNED IMPORTANT lessons from my experience as chair of the Yes on 2 campaign that I believe are valuable for anyone who wants to do the hard work of […]
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Do Trump support and COVID go together?
DOES HOW a city or town votes for president help predict whether that municipality will be at high-risk for COVID-19? That’s what one of our readers suggested last week after […]
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Do Trump support and COVID go together?
DOES HOW a city or town votes for president help predict whether that municipality will be at high-risk for COVID-19? That’s what one of our readers suggested last week after […]
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End the flood of ‘dark money’ unleashed by Citizens United
WHEN THE FOUNDERS wrote “We the People” do you think they were intending billionaires and corporations to have the same inalienable rights as you and me? We do not think […]
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63 MBTA employees infected with COVID-19
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak said on Monday that 63 of the agency’s employees currently have COVID-19, up from 50 last Wednesday. Poftak said for every worker with COVID-19 there […]
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Rollback of reopening is imperative amid new surge
MASSACHUSETTS FINDS ITSELF in the eye of a storm. As municipal leaders, we have grown increasingly concerned as we see COVID-19 cases spiking across the state. In some communities we are […]