Massachusetts expects to welcome about 900 evacuees from Afghanistan, and although specifics are unknown, efforts are already underway to prepare for their arrival and resettlement.
Democratic candidates for governor Sonia Chang-Diaz and Ben Downing are promising massive expansions of government programs and new taxes to pay for them.
All staff in Massachusetts rest homes, assisted living and hospice programs and home care workers who provide in-home direct care need to get vaccinated against COVID-19 under an expanded mandate introduced Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The Baker administration on Tuesday will seek permission to impose a mask mandate for all staff and children age 5 and older enrolled in state-licensed pre-k and other early education programs.
I am troubled that Maura Healey and others would even consider a vaccine passport here in Massachusetts that could sharply restrict your movements and worse.
Charlie Baker, holding a finger to the wind as he considers his re-election prospects, may be afraid to commit on the issue of mask mandates in schools.