by State House News Service | Dec 8, 2020
With the spread of COVID-19 accelerating, Gov. Charlie Baker plans Tuesday afternoon to provide an update to the reopening guidance that has governed permissible economic and other activity during this year’s pandemic.
by State House News Service | Dec 4, 2020
Boston stands at a crucial inflection point in the pandemic’s latest surge, and the arc of case growth over the next few days could determine whether city leaders reinstate a near-total shutdown, Mayor Marty Walsh warned Thursday.
by State House News Service | Dec 2, 2020
With a second surge of COVID-19 transmission still underway as the holiday season begins, Gov. Charlie Baker brushed away “rumor-mongering” that the state will soon tighten restrictions but flagged clusters in houses of worship as a growing concern.
by State House News Service | Nov 24, 2020
While cities like Cambridge and Pittsfield take steps to suspend indoor dining, Gov. Charlie Baker said he had not seen data that would support a statewide shutdown of restaurant table service.
by The Associated Press | Nov 18, 2020
Mayor Marty Walsh didn’t rule out shutting down Boston restaurants and other businesses again if the number of coronavirus cases reported in the city continues to rise.
by State House News Service | Nov 5, 2020
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday voiced support for Gov. Charlie Baker’s new round of pandemic-related orders and restrictions, cautioning of a “far worse situation” in the weeks or months ahead if spread of the contagious coronavirus is not curbed.
by State House News Service | Nov 3, 2020
Leaders of two business groups criticized Gov. Charlie Baker’s new public health orders issued yesterday which require restaurants and many other public-facing firms to close early.
by State House News Service | Nov 2, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker announced new measures Monday afternoon that he called “targeted interventions” to curb a week-long spike in the number of COVID-19 cases statewide.
by State House News Service | Nov 2, 2020
After a weekend that saw the number of COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 and as the number of people who need hospital care for a coronavirus infection rises, Gov. Charlie Baker will announce new orders related to the state’s economic reopening on Monday afternoon.
by State House News Service | Oct 1, 2020
The state’s largest city will move into the highest-risk category when health officials release updated COVID-19 transmission statistics Wednesday evening and Mayor Martin Walsh said that a recent and sharp rise in coronavirus activity is due in large part to “irresponsibility.”
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 29, 2020
Starting Monday, the state is letting certain communities with sustained low rates of COVID-19 transmission move into the next step of the state’s reopening plan.
by The Associated Press | Aug 13, 2020
A top official at the Federal Reserve criticized the decision by many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have hindered an economic recovery in the U.S.
by State House News Service | Aug 5, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that his administration is “not taking any options off the table” to keep Massachusetts safe as COVID-19 transmission inches upward, such as reducing allowable gathering sizes and reviving restrictions on businesses.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 2, 2020
School leaders, parents and public health officials are staring at the fall with growing anxiety.
by The Associated Press | Jul 27, 2020
The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government – one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 26, 2020
With COVID-19 reopening underway in Massachusetts, developers across the region are reevaluating strategies to echo current market conditions and better meet the needs of communities and residents.
by State House News Service | Jul 23, 2020
More than two months after Massachusetts embarked on its gradual economic and social reopening plan, the rate of positive COVID-19 tests is lower than it was before pandemic-shuttered businesses first began stirring back to life, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday.
by Peter Paul Payack | Jul 19, 2020
The coronavirus transmission rate has slipped above a key threshold in Massachusetts, just as the state was poised to have a relatively worry-free reopening.
by State House News Service | Jul 17, 2020
New unemployment claims remained at inflated levels last week, even as the weekly applications continued a gradual deceleration both nationally and statewide from historic rates of growth.
by The Associated Press | Jul 15, 2020
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday – as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.