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MA's Big Shipment of J&J Vaccine 'Not in Jeopardy'
News reports estimated that about 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were discarded.
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Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz Exploring Run for Governor in 2022
Chang-Diaz was key in passing school funding reform in 2019, and helped negotiate an overhaul of policing oversight and accountability.
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Biggest Case Growth Is in Young Bostonians, Janey Says
More than half of the new COVID-19 cases logged in Boston in the past two weeks have been in people age 29 and younger.
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Baker Declares Debate On Safety Of In-Person Learning 'Over'
The virus remains common among students and school personnel, according to weekly reports that document case counts.
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Gov. Hopeful Backs Mandatory Vaccinations for Police, Teachers
Ben Downing, a Democrat who last month was the first to declare for the gubernatorial race, think vaccines for some shouldn't be an option.
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Gov. Baker's Approval Rating Tumbles As Pandemic Takes Toll
The Republican would still enter a hypothetical matchup against Attorney General Maura Healey and other Democratic challengers with a lead.
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Relief Bill Coming Together to Aid Workers, Businesses
The bill includes measures around paid leave, exemption from taxes for forgiven PPP loans and unemployment insurance rate relief.
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Education Boss Seeks Emergency Power To Push In-Person Learning
The move could result in hybrid and remote learning models no longer counting toward required student learning time hours.
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Lawmakers Confront Baker On Vaccine Rollout
The committee's co-chair thought the gravity of the issues residents have faced in securing a vaccine had not gotten through to Baker.
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State Rep. Jon Santiago Enters Boston's Mayoral Race
The ER doctor from the South End is running to make sure the city's recovery from the pandemic is one "rooted in equity and opportunity."
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COVID Committee Wants to Hear Directly From Baker
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questions after the state's vaccination appointment website crashed Thursday.
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Boston COVID Data 'Moving In The Right Direction'
Starting next week, the city will start releasing Boston-specific vaccination data broken down by neighborhoods, race, and ethnicity.
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State To Vaccinate Those Accompanying 75+ Residents To Mass Sites
Trusted caregivers who bring someone 75 or older to a site will be able to be inoculated, regardless of eligibility status.
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Baker Sends Climate Bill Back With Amendments
Baker's administration and key lawmakers have not seen eye-to-eye on many of the finer details of the legislation.
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Administrative Work Bogging Down Justice System: Suffolk DA
Thousands of hours are spent manually inputting data, Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Friday.
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Johnson & Johnson Sees 'Promising Moment' for Vaccine Candidate
The single-shot vaccine was developed with help from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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'The End Is In Sight:' Gov. Baker Touts Hope In State Address
Instead of laying out a detailed policy agenda, Baker's "State of the Commonwealth" revolved almost entirely around the COVID-19 response.
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General Local Aid Will Rise by $39.5M in Baker Budget
The 3.5 percent increase amounts to an additional $112,535, on average, for all 351 municipalities.
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State's Available Doses Not Keeping Up with Vaccination Plan
Massachusetts would need more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to fully inoculate everybody in the first phase of the plan.
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MA Getting $9 Billion In Stimulus Bill: Here's Where It's Going
It's a whole lot more than just the $600 stimulus checks everyone's getting.
