DANIEL BOJORQUEZ, the owner of the La Brasa and Fat Hen restaurants in Somerville, is being squeezed by his landlord and the coronavirus. His restaurants have been shut down since mid-March by the virus and they’re […]
Rent payments pile up for business owners
Posted inTransportation
Audit: T warehouse contract doesn’t cut it
THE MBTA IS NOT GETTING the savings or the service it expected when it privatized warehouse operations in 2017, according to an audit conducted by a unit of Inspector General […]
Posted inPolitics
Mass. GOP takes a pounding
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUSÂ in the Massachusetts Senate, which was already down to six lawmakers, will now have just enough members to pop open a card table for a game of bridge. […]
Posted inThe Download
Mass. GOP takes a pounding
The Republican caucus in the Massachusetts Senate, which was already down to six lawmakers, will now have just enough members to pop open a card table for a game of […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Walsh may move slower than Baker on reopening
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE STATE’S economy beginning to wake up on Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said he has no plans right now to lift the city’s curfew […]
Posted inEducation
Parents, daycare providers grapple with uncertainty
BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic hit, April McCarthy, 31, of Chelmsford, was working as a mental health clinician, while a family daycare provider watched her 2-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son. Then […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
As reopening begins, we worry about a second surge
AS THE COVID-19 pandemic begins to plateau, the population wants a reprieve from the continued stress, isolation and suffering. Massachusetts was particularly hard hit and our effective response required collaboration across all segments of […]
Posted inOpinion
Science isn’t liberal or conservative, red or blue
THE WORLD’S RESPONSE to COVID is the story of medicine and science – and of selfless individuals standing up to do their jobs. I’m lucky enough to be a small […]
Posted inHealth Care
Why was Wellesley COVID-19 test site dropped?
WHEN CVS ROLLED OUT a nationwide COVID-19 testing program last week, its Wellesley store on Linden Street was on the list of 10 participating Massachusetts outlets. Hours later the store was off […]
Posted inThe Download
Why was Wellesley COVID-19 test site dropped?
When CVS rolled out a nationwide COVID-19 testing program last week, its Wellesley store on Linden Street was on the list of 10 participating Massachusetts outlets. Hours later the store was […]
Posted inTransportation
Groups seek more independence for T board
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A GROUP OF TRANSPORTATION advocacy groups and an MBTA watchdog suggested Monday that the successor to the Fiscal and Management Control Board should be built as […]
Posted inUncategorized
Reopening rules can get pretty detailed
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION issued new safety standards and protocols on Monday for businesses allowed to reopen under phase one of the state’s four-phase reopening plan. The standards all place a […]
Posted inNews Analysis
The man in the middleÂ
THERE’S NOTHING IN the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos, rabble-rousing Texas politico Jim Hightower famously averred. Add to that popular Massachusetts governors. Gov. Charlie Baker, […]
Posted inUncategorized
On church reopening, a muted ‘amen’
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Monday gave houses of worship permission to open immediately, with precautions. But worshippers seeking an in-person service this weekend may have limited options. Many congregational leaders […]
Posted inUncategorized
Tax foundation: Mass. fiscal situation worsening
THE MASSACHUSETTS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION released a report on Monday indicating the state’s financial condition is worsening in part because the COVID-19 pandemic is lasting longer than expected, a second wave […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Senator says nursing home industry collapsing
THE SENATE’S LEAD PERSONÂ on health care issues says the skilled nursing home industry in Massachusetts is struggling to stay afloat amid a virus that has claimed 3,534 lives at the […]
Posted inEconomy
Baker launches cautious phased reopening
MASSACHUSETTS TOOK INITIAL, cautious steps toward reopening on Monday, as Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled the first phase of a four-step process for restarting the state’s economy, which has nearly ground […]
Posted inHealth Care
Senator says nursing home industry collapsing
THE SENATE’S LEAD PERSONÂ on health care issues says the skilled nursing home industry in Massachusetts is struggling to stay afloat amid a virus that has claimed 3,534 lives at the […]
Posted inThe Download
Senator says nursing home industry collapsing
The Senate’s lead person on health care issues says the skilled nursing home industry in Massachusetts is struggling to stay afloat amid a virus that has claimed 3,534 lives at […]
Posted inEconomy
Reopening expected to be slow, cautious
EXPECTATIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH that Gov. Charlie Baker will begin to throw open the economy on Monday, but sources say the coming week will see relatively few changes. Business groups […]
Posted inOpinion
Getting to the new normal
EXPERTS AND THOUGHT LEADERS across the globe are putting a lot of thought into the urban response to COVID-19, and particularly the best approaches to steer our cities and metropolitan […]
Posted inOpinion
Shut down DCF’s homeless pipeline
NICOLE, A YOUTH at More Than Words, turned 18 this month and was terrified. The milestone would be dampened for anyone during this pandemic, but Nicole was losing her housing […]
Posted inOpinion
Structural racism is the real pandemic
AS THE DEATH TOLL mounts daily from COVID-19, so do the headlines and data documenting its disparate impact on communities of color, especially black people, immigrants, native people, poor people, […]
Posted inOpinion
Residential direct-care workers are essential
THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 crisis, residential direct-care personnel have selflessly risked their health for the well-being of others. When we hear the term essential, most of us think of the hospital […]