AS THE STATE’S OVERALL COVID-19 numbers continue to trend in a good direction, a top Baker administration official said on Tuesday that addressing the serious problems faced by nursing homes […]
Sudders: Nursing homes still work in progress
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Polito said she attended brother’s graduation party
LT. GOV. KARYN POLITO on Tuesday denied a report that she hosted a party at her home over the weekend, saying instead that she attended a graduation party hosted by […]
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Walsh says governing has become about ‘life and death’
MARTY WALSH IS THE FIRST to admit that dealing with a global pandemic was never among the challenges he imagined facing as Boston mayor. “The last thought in my mind — […]
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SJC allows alcohol sales question to advance to 2020 ballot
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ruled Tuesday that a proposed ballot question allowing for expanded alcohol and beer sales can proceed to the November ballot. Massachusetts state law limits the number […]
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Rider survey data should inform commuter rail planning
COMMONWEALTH’S RECENT STORY, “Pollack floats idea of slowing commuter rail makeover,” cited the precipitous drop in commuter rail mTicket revenue, from $331,341 collected on March 4 to $1,192 collected on […]
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Walsh says governing has become about ‘life and death’
MARTY WALSH IS THE FIRST to admit that dealing with a global pandemic was never among the challenges he imagined facing as Boston mayor. “The last thought in my mind — […]
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Walsh says governing has become about ‘life and death’
Marty Walsh is the first to admit that dealing with a global pandemic was never among the challenges he imagined facing as Boston mayor. “The last thought in my mind […]
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Boards of health combine education, enforcement
AS BUSINESSES START to reopen this week, local boards of health are both educating firms about the state’s rules on COVID-19 and policing them. The goal is to keep businesses […]
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In Gateway Cities, lots of hurdles to remote learning
SARINA ALVES DISPLAYS a short story on the screen in front of her virtual class of eighth grade English students at Morton Middle School in Fall River. As a boy […]
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It’s time to stop blaming nursing homes
EVERY DAY, thousands of caregivers report to work at nursing homes in communities across Massachusetts. They do this because they value the chance to build a relationship with residents and […]
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COVID-19’s lessons for climate change
AS WE ENTER the beginning phases of re-opening Massachusetts, Covid-19 has already provided several important lessons for policymakers to consider when addressing the other major global crisis that experts have […]
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The box score on Baker’s COVID-19 response
AS WE REACH what may be fairly termed the “end of the beginning” phase of the coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts, with initial efforts now to reopen the state, it’s fair […]
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Regulator: Enough is enough with record requests
STATE REGULATORS are starting to say enough is enough when it comes to people who file an unusually large number of public records requests. Rebecca Murray, the state’s supervisor of […]
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Where you live matters
THE PANDEMIC HAS UNMASKED the reality of the separate and palpably unequal worlds we inhabit and implicates critical issues of race and class. Given our history, this “reveal” should not […]
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With DeVos rollback, Legislature must act on campus assault bill
WHEN US EDUCATION Secretary Betsy DeVos first announced her intention to roll back Obama-era Title IX guidelines designed to protect the rights of students impacted by sexual violence, she was […]
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Baker’s emergency authority a bit fuzzy
IN ORDERING THE SHUTDOWN of large swaths of the state’s economy, Gov. Charlie Baker is relying on a 70-year-old state law that was clearly not written with the coronavirus in […]
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Baker urges caution over Memorial Day weekend
MASSACHUSETTS NOW HAS 250 testing sites for COVID-19 statewide, as it begins to reopen the economy and ramp up efforts to conduct mass testing. Gov. Charlie Baker held a press […]
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Municipalities tweak Baker’s reopening plans
MONTHS INTO THE coronavirus pandemic, cities and towns are taking reopening plans into their own hands, including in Gov. Charlie Baker’s own backyard. The Select and Health Boards of Swampscott, where […]
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Municipalities tweak Baker’s reopening plans
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, cities and towns are taking reopening plans into their own hands, including in Gov. Charlie Baker’s own backyard. The Select and Health Boards of Swampscott, […]
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T notes: 7% increase in spending approved
THE MBTA OVERSIGHT board kept its foot on the gas Thursday, unanimously approving a 7 percent increase in spending for fiscal 2021 using $710 million in federal aid to offset […]
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Big drop in child abuse reports is cause for concern
REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE or neglect in Massachusetts have dropped by more than half in recent months – and that has child protection advocates worried. Thousands of Massachusetts children are stuck at […]
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T lays out passive COVID-19 strategy
AS THE STATE’S ECONOMY begins to reopen, the MBTA intends to manage COVID-19 ridership risks with policies that strongly encourage but don’t mandate social distancing and the wearing of face […]
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New House panels to focus on economic recovery, childcare
HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO on Thursday announced the creation of new House panels to examine legislative priorities related to the state’s recovery, with a focus on the economy and childcare, […]
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37% of nursing homes non-compliant
MORE THAN A THIRD of the state’s 360 nursing homes failed to pass an initial 28-point infection control inspection, most of them because they were not in compliance with at […]