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Quote of the Day
“We've not seen the steep acceleration that we saw in Wuhan (China), New York or other places," Baker told reporters at a Wednesday briefing. "Which means we're cautiously optimistic that our social distancing, essential services orders and other measures that we've put in place are helping to flatten the curve.”
A possible glimmer of hope in current data on the COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts.
News by Category
Beltway Politics
Business
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New rules for grocers to slow virus’s spread
Gazette Net
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SBA official blasts big banks over failure to quickly distribute loans
Boston Globe
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Waltham biotech lands big partnership with Roche
Boston Globe
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Expansion of liquor licenses in Boston faces pushback from restaurant group
Boston Globe
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More job cuts hit Boston’s tech sector as coronavirus effects spread
Boston Globe
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Ashland Republican Committee Wants Gov. Baker To Deem Firearm Retailers Essential
Framingham Source
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Biotech Firms May Be Key To Beating The Coronavirus, But They're Not Immune To Financial Worry
WBUR
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Lawmakers heading Sportsmen's Caucus want gun shops, shooting ranges declared essential
Worcester Telegram
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An inside look into New Balance’s quest to produce face masks
Boston.com
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Faneuil Hall landlord reverses stance on April rent
Boston Business Journal
Cannabis
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Recreational marijuana companies sue Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker over shutdown
Boston Globe
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Recreational pot shops sue Gov. Baker over closures
Boston Business Journal
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Baker to pot firms: I’m focusing on surge
Commonwealth Magazine
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If Liquor Stores Are “Essential,” Why Aren’t Marijuana Dispensaries?
Boston Magazine
Civil Rights
Education
Environment
Federal
Health Care
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Massachusetts nursing homes fighting coronavirus are ‘teetering on the edge of collapse’
Boston Herald
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Pop-up hospitals in Massachusetts set to open this week to handle influx of coronavirus patients
Boston Globe
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Lawmakers demanding more PPE distribution throughout state
News 22 WWLP.com
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Here's how many health care workers tested positive for coronavirus
Boston Business Journal
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A vaccine that could cure diabetes to be tested at MGH against coronavirus
Boston Business Journal
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Bill would free doctors facing life or death choices amid pandemic from liability
Boston Herald
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Frontline Health Care Workers, Bracing For A Surge, Issue Another Plea For Help To Gov. Baker
WBUR
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Mass. releases guidance to hospitals on how to ration ventilators, ICU beds
Boston.com
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Coronavirus fallout: Lawmakers call for more transparency from Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton after 5 deaths and 65 COVID-19 cases reported
The Republican
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Coronavirus: Massachusetts school nurses are a ‘ready and willing workforce,’ Sen. Eric Lesser says
The Republican
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Milford legislators call for PPE donations, distribute them to medical centers
Milford Daily News
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Local officials call for transparency from Life Care as COVID-19 cases mount
Lowell Sun
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Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted
Boston Globe
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COVID-19 ravaging long-term care facilities
Commonwealth Magazine
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Psychiatric Hospital In Springfield Facing COVID-19 Cases In Close Quarters
New England Public Radio
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Convention Centers Fill With Beds For COVID-19, Including 500 For Boston's Homeless
WBUR
Human Services
Insurance
Judiciary
Labor
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Another 6.61 million Americans seek unemployment aid as economic damage from coronavirus spreads
Boston Globe
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Baker Working to Implement Stricter Guidelines for Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
NBC Boston
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What if we always loved supermarket workers as much as this?
Boston Globe
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Record 16.8 million have sought US jobless aid since virus
Boston Herald
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Unprecedented rush for unemployment benefits staggers state system
WCVB
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Self-employed and gig workers asked to hold off applying for unemployment benefits
Western Mass News
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Third Wave of Jobless Claims Crashes Nationwide
State House News Service
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Gov. Baker: Over 600 people working on unemployment calls
WCVB
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Massachusetts hit with another wave of unemployment claims
Boston Business Journal
Legislative
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State Sen. Rausch to host virtual office hours April 10
Wicked Local Franklin
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Legislature focuses on bills responding to COVID-19
Leominster Champion
Local Government
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Delaying before, New Bedford council now votes to go virtual at a live meeting
South Coast Today
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Mayor Charles Kokoros invites residents to participate in National Census Day
Wicked Local Braintree
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Arlington residents pay tribute during funeral parade for Air Force veteran without kin
Boston Globe
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Amid pandemic, Walsh unveils $3.6 billion budget proposal
Boston Globe
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Framingham officials take 'wait-and-see' approach to fiscal '21 budget
The Metro West Daily News
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Haverhill to fine social distancing scofflaws
Boston Globe
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Coronavirus Updates For Western New England: Sarno Calls B.S. As State Refuses N95s For Police, Fire
New England Public Radio
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Tyngsboro postpones Town Meeting, election
Lowell Sun
Politics
Public Health
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Mass. reports 1,588 new coronavirus cases, 77 new related deaths; Baker says state still on ‘upward slope’ of pandemic
Boston Globe
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Hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, but how accurate are the projections?
Boston Globe
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More time keeping our distance
The Haverhill Gazette
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Vincent Supports Baker’s Decision to Close Parking on Beach
Revere Journal
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Baker’s supermarket capacity order a welcome measure
Boston Herald
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Mass. Still Climbing “Upward Slope” of Pandemic
State House News Service
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Coronavirus death projection for Massachusetts drops, but models are ‘not perfect’
Boston Herald
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Tisbury requires masks to enter supermarkets
Martha's Vineyard Times
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Century-old tuberculosis vaccine could offer virus protection, MGH doc says
Boston Herald
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Massachusetts sewage suggests more than 100K coronavirus cases in state: MIT lab
Boston Herald
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State releases sparse coronavirus race and ethnicity data, making virus’s impact hard to assess
Boston Globe
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Is someone coughing in 11F? Amid coronavirus, condo and apartment buildings have turned into towers of fear
Boston Globe
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Time to plan for a phase-two battle against the coronavirus
Washington Post
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New Harvard Study Links COVID Deaths and Air Pollution: An Interview with Study Author Dr. Francesca Dominici
Union of Concerned Scientists
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Big E fairgrounds to serve as state's next first responder coronavirus testing center
WCVB
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Coronavirus response: ‘Get me those N95 and KN95 masks,’ Springfield’s mayor says to state officials as city’s supply to first responders dwindles
The Republican
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Nearly 17,000 In Mass. Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus, But Gov. Baker Offers Glimmer Of Hope
WBUR
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If you survive COVID-19, are you immune?
Commonwealth Magazine
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Ed Markey is ‘deeply concerned’ about the White House’s reported interest in a coronavirus surveillance network
Boston.com
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MIT Researchers Developing App To Notify People If They've Been Near Someone With COVID-19
WBUR
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Second US study for coronavirus vaccine uses skin-deep shots
Boston Globe
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Mass. Begins Releasing Race Data On Coronavirus, But Only A Third Of Cases Have Info
WBUR
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Mass. Hospitals To Launch Trial Of Japanese Drug Aimed At Fighting COVID-19
WBUR
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Maura Healey warns vaping and smoking increases coronavirus risks
Boston Herald
Public Safety
State Finance
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State Budget Fallout: 'A Hurricane That Hits All Over the Country'
Governing
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Logistical Hurdles Compound State Budget Challenges
State House News Service
State Government
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AG Maura Healey launches investigation into Holyoke Soldiers’ Home over coronavirus deaths
Boston Herald
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AG Healey Will Also Investigate Holyoke Home
State House News Service
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Staffing issues still plague Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke despite National Guard presence and state assurances
Boston Globe
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Deadline for House seat signatures still set for April 28
Dorchester Reporter
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Our Leaders Are Being Tested By A Pandemic. What Does Good Leadership Look Like In A Crisis?
WBUR
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Virus notes: Healey to probe Holyoke vets home outbreak
Commonwealth Magazine
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Suspended Super Says He Flagged Holyoke Home Problems
State House News Service
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Spilka Still Seeking “Consensus” To Address Ballot Access Concerns
State House News Service