By Chris Lisinski Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday his administration has no plans to reinstate a mask mandate for schools this fall, one day after a...
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service JULY 22, 2021…..Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday his administration has no plans to reinstate a mask mandate for schools...
By Katie Lannan Members of a new commission tasked with revisiting the state’s seal and motto appeared to be in early agreement on at least one...
Chris Lisinski/SHNS Public health officials have tracked 4,450 “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 among Massachusetts residents fully vaccinated against the disease, representing about one-tenth of 1 percent...
Colin A. Young/SHNS Though the metrics remain near their recorded low points, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in Massachusetts as the Delta variant continues to...
By Katie Lannan State House News Service JULY 12, 2021…..More than 400 people had thoughts they wanted to share with lawmakers Tuesday on bills related to...
By Chris Van Buskirk State House News Service Workers in Massachusetts can take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to care for a seriously ill...
Matt Murphy/SHNS With many of its responsibilities set to take effect on July 1, the new Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission created last year to...
By Colin A. Young State House News Service JUNE 29, 2021…..After lawmakers ran out of time to fully consider the idea last session, the Joint Committee...
By Michael P. Norton/SHNS Massachusetts is heading into the heart of summer with gas prices that are pushing $3 a gallon. Prices ticked up another 3...