ON TUESDAY, I TRIED to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for Disease […]
The challenge of social distancing
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The challenge of social distancing
On Tuesday, I tried to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Baker orders child care shift
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday moved to address the childcare needs of those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 outbreak, ordering all existing early education and childcare centers to shut […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Corrections commissioner disavows internal memo
THE TOP OFFICIAL at the Department of Correction on Wednesday rescinded an internal memo issued earlier this week by one of her top deputies that would have initiated a moratorium […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA ridership continues to plummet
THE MBTA estimated 106,000 people rode the subway system on Tuesday, which is about a fifth of the normal passenger level. Bus ridership was also off, with an estimated 198,000 […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Legislative work on ice
TWO WEEKS AGO, the biggest question facing the state Legislature was what the Senate would do with the House’s $600 million transportation revenue package. The House was developing its version […]
Posted inPolitics
The vote goes on
WHEN JOE BIDEN OFFERED REMARKS on his primary victory sweep last night via a shaky video live stream from his Delaware home that had Globe columnist Scot Lehigh wondering if it […]
Posted inThe Download
The vote goes on
When Joe Biden offered remarks on his primary victory sweep last night via a shaky video live stream from his Delaware home that had Globe columnist Scot Lehigh wondering if […]
Posted inHealth Care
In virus battle, health providers charge into harm’s way
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER announced emergency orders on Tuesday that will loosen some licensing requirements for health care providers, moves that could increase the supply of physicians, nurses, and other frontline […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Cuomo-Baker: Style and substance
NEW YORK GOV. ANDREW CUOMO said the number of coronavirus cases in his state might not peak for another 45 days, while Gov. Charlie Baker says there are so many […]
Posted inOpinion
The Equal Rights Amendment is expired
FORTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, the world was a very different place for women. In 1972, sexual harassment was not considered to be a form of illegal discrimination; Title IX had not […]
Posted inHealth Care
Campaigning in the coronavirus era
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING has been replaced with phone calls and tweeting. Local elections officials are weighing new ways to expand absentee ballot access for worried voters. Candidates […]
Posted inHealth Care
Federal immigration services offices to be shuttered
Updated Tuesday evening: Staffers and a spokesperson from US Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed with CommonWealth that the agency is suspending “all face-to-face services” with applicants at all field and […]
Posted inPolitics
The rumor that won’t die — shelter in place
This story was updated Tuesday afternoon to include the governor’s latest denial and news that New York’s mayor is considering a shelter-in-place order. GOV. CHARLIE BAKER ON SUNDAY denied he was […]
Posted inThe Download
The rumor that won’t die — shelter in place
Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday denied he was preparing to issue a 14-day shelter-in-place order, calling it “wild speculation.” On Monday, he dismissed the idea again, although he said he […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker defends Trump comment on respirators
WITH MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALS struggling to obtain badly needed stockpiled equipment for their patients and frontline workers, Gov. Charlie Baker defended President Trump’s message to the nation’s governors on Monday that […]
Posted inArts and Culture
When the show does not go on
JADE SYLVAN, a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School, spent two years writing and producing a musical, “Beloved King,” a queer interpretation of the biblical story of King David. Sylvan […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Boston construction grinds to halt
IN THE LATEST chapter in the near-total shutdown of the region, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that all construction projects in Boston would be halted as part of the all-out effort to […]
Posted inThe Codcast
A report from the frontlines at MGH
Dr. Jarone Lee, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, is very worried as predictions of infection rates run as high as 60 […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA ridership plummets, service being reduced
WITH RIDERSHIP PLUMMETING, the MBTA said it would reduce most subway and bus service to Saturday levels and eliminate ferries starting on Tuesday. “These changes are being made based on […]
Posted inHealth Care
A report from the frontlines at MGH
DR. JARONE LEE, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, is very worried as predictions of infection rates run as high as 60 percent […]
Posted inThe Download
A report from the frontlines at MGH
Dr. Jarone Lee, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, is very worried as predictions of infection rates run as high as 60 […]
Posted inTransportation
Virus notes: At Logan, no chaos, but uneven screening measures
THE SITUATION AT Logan International Airport’s Terminal E on Sunday stood in sharp contrast to the mayhem that unfolded at Chicago’s O’ Hare Airport and at New York City’s John […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker announces statewide school closing, other sweeping restrictions
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN THE MOST dramatic escalation yet of the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday announced that all Massachusetts public schools must […]