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Flu Vaccines Required For All Students, Children In Care Programs
They will be required from the age of six months for attendees of child care programs, pre-schools, K-12 schools colleges and universities.
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Parents Protest For In-Person Classes
The rally comes as the state and school districts — and districts and teachers — butt heads over whether school should start fully remote.
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Feds, MA's Moderna Reach Vaccine Candidate For Up To 500M Doses
Moderna estimated the value of Tuesday's award at $1.525 billion, including incentive payments for timely delivery of the product
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COVID-19 Case Creep Continued Over Weekend
Either phase three is "too liberal" or people aren't following the guidelines, Mass. Medical Society President Dr. David Rosman said.
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Massachusetts COVID-19 Case Counts On The Rise Again
The state should consider going back to phase two, the president of the Massachusetts Medical Society said Sunday night.
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House Democrats Pass Police Reform Bill
Republicans and a significant number of Democrats opposed the bill, but Democrats who control the House were able to pass it on Friday night
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House Unveils Proposed Policing Overhaul In New Reform Bill
The bill, a counter to the Senate's, would curb the use of qualified immunity and enforce limits of use of force, like chokeholds.
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Fines For No Masks, Violating Traveler Quarantine Proposed
The bill, filed by three Democrats, aims to stave off a second surge of the coronavirus.
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Sweeping Police Reform Approved In 4 AM Senate Vote
The bill would license law enforcement officers, train them in the history of racism, ban chokeholds and limit tear gas, among other things.
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Pressley Urges MA Senate to 'Dismantle' Police Qualified Immunity
The bill in the Senate proposes to make Massachusetts the second state in the country to limit the principle of qualified immunity.
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Mail-In Voting, Expanded Early Voting Appears Imminent
It appears as if vote-by-mail and expanded early voting will be available for this year's elections.
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Voters Will Have To Wait For Expanding Beer, Wine Sales
Cumberland Farms, the convenience store giant leading the ballot initiative campaign, said it is dropping its effort due to COVID-19.
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MA Au Pair Case Won't Reach Supreme Court
A lower court's dismissal of AG Maura Healey's lawsuit arguing the federal law for paying au pairs trumped the state law remains intact.
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Will 'Positive Progress' Mean An Accelerated Reopening?
Gov. Charlie Baker suggested he will announce by the end of this week when the second half of the current reopening phase will reopen.
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Walsh: 'We're Going to be Making Cuts'
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is preparing to offer a revised budget on Monday to incorporate $80 million in spending cuts.
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Food Factor Critical as Bars Look to Future
Bars were originally categorized in Phase 3 of the governor's reopening plan, but they have been pushed to Phase 4 instead.
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Aim Is To Have Schools 'Up And Running' In Fall: Ed. Commissioner
In addition to uncertainty around what a fall term will look like, local school districts are still facing an unknown budget picture.
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Baker: Density Playing Role In Gradual Statewide Reopening
Massachusetts must proceed with a phased reopening as a statewide policy because of its relatively widespread population density, he said.
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Boston Mayor Uncomfortable With State's Office Reopening Plan
Mayor Marty Walsh also outlined a more deliberate approach to resuming construction activities in Boston.
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Massachusetts Now at Center of National Coronavirus Outbreak
On the heels of the two deadliest days so far in Massachusetts, Gov. Baker said Sunday "we're right in the middle of the surge now."
