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Biden to require private insurance to cover at-home COVID tests, promotes PTO to get vaccines
December 3, 2021President Joe Biden announced a winter plan for combatting COVID-19 during remarks at the National Institute of Health in Maryland on Thursday, including an impending requirement for private insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests and a plea for
December 3, 2021
Safe Communities Act would protect immigration status, limit interactions with ICE
December 2, 2021Supporters of a bill that would limit interactions between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials are hoping that changes to the legislation will help advance this year's version.
December 2, 2021
Baker says vaccine passport coming soon to Massachusetts
December 1, 2021Massachusetts will soon become the next state to implement a digital vaccine passport system, falling in ranks with states like California, New York, and, most recently, Rhode Island, Gov. Charlie Baker said on a Monday episode of GBH News' Boston
December 1, 2021Lawrence company fined $64K for asbestos violations at Marlborough residence
December 1, 2021Infinity Abatement Services, Inc. of Lawrence has been fined $64,074 for violating asbestos regulations during work at a multi-family residence in Marlborough, according to a Tuesday press release from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
December 1, 2021
Baker and Polito will not seek third term in 2022 governor race
December 1, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker, a two-term Republican who at his peak was one of the most popular governors in the country, will not seek a third term, throwing wide open the 2022 race for the state's top political office after close to two years of managing
December 1, 2021
Worcester nonprofits launch Operation Welcome to connect Afghan evacuees with housing, jobs
November 30, 2021Worcester Together, the United Way of Central Massachusetts, and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced on Wednesday the launch of a new initiative designed to support Afghan evacuees arriving in Central Massachusetts.
November 30, 2021
Baker keeps lawmakers in the dark on unemployment metrics
November 30, 2021The Baker administration still does not know when it will announce how much money it will borrow to bolster the state's unemployment insurance fund or provide an updated estimate of the account's current balance, an uncertain outlook that has left
November 30, 2021
Westborough apartments sell for $100M to Boston firm
November 29, 2021Ellington Metro West, a luxury apartment complex in Westborough, sold for $100 million in a deal closing Nov. 22, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.
November 29, 2021
USDA funnels $7M to Sturbridge, Southbridge, Ashby
November 23, 2021The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent $6.9 million in grants and loans to Ashby, Southbridge, and Sturbridge as part of a larger $222-million pot of funding set aside from improving what it calls critical community facilities, the department
November 23, 2021
National Endowment for the Arts awards $250K to Worcester Arts Council
November 23, 2021The Worcester Arts Council will receive a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, funded through the American Rescue Plant Act, the City of Worcester announced on Tuesday.
November 23, 2021
Addressing the behavioral health crisis with beds, staffing, and legislation
Updated: November 22, 2021On the last Thursday in October, the behavioral health department at UMass Memorial Health - Harrington, in Webster, officially marked the opening of a new and expanded adult psychiatric unit at its campus on Thompson Road.
Updated: November 22, 2021
Single-family home sales dive 28% in Worcester
November 19, 2021The city of Worcester saw a nearly 28% plunge in single-family home sales in October, following a statewide downward trend, according to Friday’s report from the Peabody-based research firm the Warren Group (CQ).
November 19, 2021
Subsidized 200-unit senior housing project proposed in Shrewsbury
November 18, 2021A 196-unit, partially affordable senior housing development has been proposed in Shrewsbury along Route 20 and South Street.
November 18, 2021
Worcester awarded $2M for Table Talk site, WHA projects
November 17, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Tuesday announced $2.3 million in grants to the City of Worcester, which will go toward the redevelopment of the former Table Talk Pies site near the Polar Park baseball stadium and a Worcester Housing
November 17, 2021
Proposed bill would restrict protesting near elected officials' homes
November 17, 2021Protesters have chained themselves to boats in front of Gov. Charlie Baker's home to demonstrate support for climate change action. An anti-addiction activist dumped hypodermic needles outside the governor's Swampscott residence. And far-right
November 17, 2021
Human services employees laboring under 130% pay gap
November 16, 2021The disparity between what human service workers employed by community-based providers get paid and what state employees who hold similar job titles and perform similar work earn is getting worse and poses "an insurmountable challenge" to the in-
November 16, 2021
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