MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak disclosed on Monday that 18 employees, including 10 bus drivers, have tested positive for COVID-19. The other employees who tested positive include one subway and […]
T ridership keeps falling as staff infections rise
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge asks for list of ICE detainees for potential release
A FEDERAL JUDGE stopped short of ordering the release of federal immigration detainees being held in the Bristol County House of Correction, but he urged officials not to send new […]
Posted inHealth Care
The surge is coming
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Monday that the long expected surge in COVID-19 cases is expected to arrive in Massachusetts sometime between April 7 and April 17, and he used […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Keeping the faith in coronavirus era
WHILE HEROIC HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations are […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Keeping the faith in the coronavirus era
WHILE HEROIC HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations are […]
Posted inThe Download
Keeping the faith in coronavirus era
While heroic health care providers are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations […]
Posted inThe Download
Keeping the faith in coronavirus era
While heroic health care providers are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations […]
Posted inOpinion
For those in jail, COVID-19 could be death sentence
LEGAL GROUPS, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, have made an urgent plea to the state’s highest court. “There are about 16,500 human beings in our prisons and […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Mass. among top states on testing
MASSACHUSETTS IS MOVING into the very top tier of states doing testing for COVID-19. As of Sunday evening, the state had conducted 39,066 tests, placing it fifth among the states […]
Posted inUncategorized
Holyoke’s Alex Morse adapts to the curveballs
First in a series about mayors across Massachusetts and how they’re contending with the COVID-19 pandemic. DON’T ASK HOLYOKE MAYOR Alex Morse about his typical day right now – there […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Baker’s executive orders and directives
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SINCE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER declared a coronavirus state of emergency on March 10, the executive branch has been busy spelling out in orders, advisories and guidance […]
Posted inOpinion
Putting our ‘war’ in perspective
SELF-CONFINED TO QUARTERS like so much of the nation, I’m sorting through some memorabilia, most notably – for the second time this year — my mother’s war time journal – […]
Posted inOpinion
Tribe says US took its land out of trust
Following is a statement posted on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe website on Friday. At 4:00 pm today — on the very day that the United States has reached a record […]
Posted inOpinion
Hiring union workers doesn’t deter affordable housing
IN A MARCH 14, 2020, opinion article titled “Union push hinders housing production,” Jason Kauppi, the president of the Merit Construction Alliance of Massachusetts, argues, without any supporting evidence, that […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker public health commissioner tests positive
DR. MONICA BHAREL, the commissioner of the state Department of Public Health and one of Gov. Charlie Baker’s top lieutenants in the battle against COVID-19, has tested positive for the […]
Posted inOpinion
Healey UI attacks on Baker misplaced
As noted by Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi, Attorney General Maura Healey disapproves of the way the Baker administration is handling the spike in demand for unemployment insurance that’s coming […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Virus notes: How long will this go on?
IT’S FRIDAY, which is normally a time to break away from the work-week routine. But this weekend not much is going to change. Saturday and Sunday will look pretty much […]
Posted inEconomy
‘Cheat sheet’ helps Spanish-speakers file claims
A NORTHAMPTON GROUP is helping Spanish speakers fill out state unemployment insurance claim forms with an online tool that walks them through the process step by step. Click aquí para leer el artículo en […]
Posted inHealth Care
All travelers to Mass. urged to self-quarantine
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Friday asked all travelers arriving in Massachusetts from out of state to voluntarily self-quarantine for 14 days. The governor said information on the self-quarantine effort would […]
Posted inUncategorized
Undocumented workers fall through the cracks
THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR reported 3.23 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week, up from 282,000 during the previous week. In Massachusetts, about 148,000 filed an initial claim for […]
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Undocumented workers fall through the cracks
The US Department of Labor reported 3.23 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week, up from 282,000 during the previous week. In Massachusetts, about 148,000 filed an initial claim […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Virus notes: Frustrated Baker almost says God-damned
IN A SIGN of his growing frustration with the challenges associated with acquiring personal protective equipment for frontline medical workers, Gov. Charlie Baker almost said “God damned” at a televised […]
Posted inOpinion
COVID-19 cost Mass. households $673m last week
THE CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN cost Massachusetts households at least $673 million in earnings last week alone, according to an extrapolation of data gathered from a survey conducted by the MassINC Polling […]
Posted inEducation
State sets ‘meaningful and productive’ K-12 learning goal
SHUTTERED K-12 SCHOOLS across Massachusetts are being urged by state officials to create a curriculum that would engage students stuck at home because of the coronavirus in “meaningful and productive […]