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“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.”
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