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House bill aims to commit Mass. to telehealth
July 22, 2020New House telehealth legislation aims to incorporate lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into the state's health care system, according to Majority Leader Ron Mariano, who said he expects representatives to vote on the bill this week.
July 22, 2020
Pause on evictions, foreclosures extended two months to Oct. 17
July 21, 2020Most evictions and foreclosure will remain banned in Massachusetts until Oct. 17 under an extension to the COVID-prompted moratorium Gov. Charlie Baker triggered on Tuesday.
July 21, 2020
Baker signs mosquito control, cocktails to-go bills
July 21, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday afternoon signed a pair of bills that will update the state's approach to mosquito control and allow restaurants to sell sealed containers of mixed drinks with their takeout and delivery food orders.
July 21, 2020
Labor leaders to fast for undocumented license bill
July 21, 2020Returning to a strategy that preceded the bill's progress through a committee, organized labor leaders plan to fast for a day to press lawmakers into supporting legislation that would make standard driver's licenses available to undocumented
July 21, 2020
House counters Senate with its own policing bill
July 20, 2020The bill, which was being voted on Sunday night in committee, would also curb the use of qualified immunity, a controversial legal principle that can shield police officers from civil lawsuits in cases of misconduct.
July 20, 2020
Senate preserves plan for local transportation tax questions
July 17, 2020The Senate turned back efforts Thursday to remove new municipal taxing powers from a transportation bond bill, rejecting an amendment from Democrat Sen. Diana DiZoglio that would have scrapped plans for binding regional ballot initiatives.
July 17, 2020
Baker undecided on evictions, clear on need for masks
July 17, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged Thursday he needs to make a decision "soon" on whether to extend a temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures, but did not indicate which way he's leaning, as he announced another $20 million in funding for
July 17, 2020
Neal offers latest on slow walk toward stimulus
July 16, 2020U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Wednesday he was confident Congress would agree to a stimulus package before the end of the month that would extend enhanced unemployment insurance benefits for workers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
July 16, 2020
Black Lives Matter mural in Worcester is complete
July 16, 2020A Black Lives Matter street mural planned near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Major Taylor Boulevard in downtown Worcester was completed on Wednesday.
July 16, 2020
Uber, Lyft misclassify workers to boost profits, Healey alleges
July 15, 2020Massachusetts will become the second state ever to pursue legal action against ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft over their classification of workers, a system that Attorney General Maura Healey argues leaves almost 200,000 drivers without access to
July 15, 2020
Uxbridge marijuana startup's advice to would-be entrepreneurs: Stay lean
July 15, 2020In an interview on the WBJ Podcast, the co-founders of Uxbridge cannabis startup Blackstone Valley Naturals said the key to surviving Massachusetts' long and expensive regulatory process is to stay as lean as possible.
July 15, 2020
Trump Administration reverses itself, will allow international students to stay
Updated: July 15, 2020The federal government agreed to rescind controversial guidelines that would have barred international students from staying in the United States if they took online-only course loads in the fall.
Updated: July 15, 2020
Senate approves policing reform after overnight session
July 14, 2020The Senate overcame a difficult rollout and several false starts to pass a far-reaching reform of policing in Massachusetts on Tuesday that would ban chokeholds, limit the use of tear gas, license all law enforcement officers and train them in the
July 14, 2020
Universal Health Services will pay Mass. more than $15M to resolve false claims cases
July 14, 2020Universal Health Services, a hospital management company based in Pennsylvania, will pay out more than $15 million to Massachusetts to resolve two different sets of accusations of improperly billing the Massachusetts Medicaid program, known commonly
July 14, 2020
Worcester pushes off ban on single-use plastic bags until September
July 14, 2020An ordinance banning single-use plastic bags in Worcester will not go into effect until at least Sept. 1, City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. announced on Monday.
July 14, 2020-
Senate to tackle transportation with borrowing, not taxes
July 13, 2020The Senate will not take up a House-approved, half billion-dollar package of transportation tax and fee increases this lawmaking session, instead focusing attention on an omnibus borrowing bill that the Senate's Transportation Committee chairman
July 13, 2020
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