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25% of state workforce files jobless claims
NEARLY 900,000 MASSACHUSETTS workers, representing almost a quarter of the state’s entire labor force, have filed new claims for unemployment benefits since mid-March as the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread shutdowns it prompted continue to exert an economic toll. Labor officials on Thursday reported 3.8 million initial standard unemployment insurance claims submitted nationwide between… → Read More
Virus notes: Gig workers can now apply for unemployment
Virus notes: Gig workers can now apply for unemployment Hospitality industry workers hard hit by CPVID-19 Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email* A RANGE OF WORKERS previously ineligible for unemployment benefits can now seek state aid if they are unable to work because of the COVID-19 outbreak and its impacts(...) → Read More
MCAS testing requirement suspended this year
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MCAS TESTING REQUIREMENTS for the school year are suspended, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will modify or waive graduation requirements for students set to complete high school this summer, and due dates for district improvement plans will be pushed back under a bill Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law(...) → Read More
Museum of Fine Arts losses at $1.4m and growing
A MASSACHUSETTS ART MUSEUM laid off almost three-quarters of its staff. Another expects to face a budget deficit in the tens of millions of dollars. Leisure destinations that rely on warm-season surges are worried they may not begin to feel recovery until 2021. One after another, members of the state’s arts and tourism sector shared(...) → Read More
Virus notes: Frustrated Baker almost says God-damned
IN A SIGN of his growing frustration with the challenges associated with acquiring personal protective equipment for frontline medical workers, Gov. Charlie Baker almost said “God damned” at a televised press conference on Thursday before catching himself. Baker was explaining how so many confirmed deals to acquire equipment have fallen through at the last minute.(...) → Read More
Rent control draws crowd to State House
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A LYNN WOMAN told lawmakers she may have to move her family after a 35 percent rent increase. A Mattapan great-grandmother said she will go to court to fight a $700 rent hike that she cannot afford on a fixed income. A Chelsea college student worries about becoming homeless. Get the(...) → Read More
Lawmakers urged to try congestion pricing
CITING THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION’S WARNING that traffic is at a “tipping point,” lawmakers and advocates renewed calls Tuesday for Massachusetts to follow its peers and adjust roadway tolls at different times of day in an attempt to reduce congestion. A version of the system, referred to as congestion pricing, is already in place in nine(...) → Read More
Union slams RMV report for naming names
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS QUESTIONS CONTINUE to swirl over who knew what and when about persistent record-keeping failures at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, the union representing two RMV employees slammed a national audit firm for naming them in a summary of its investigation. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email*(...) → Read More
Red Line won't be at full strength until Oct.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MBTA OFFICIALS pushed back the target completion date for full Red Line repairs from Labor Day to sometime in October, but declined to say what prompted the change. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email* Some progress has been made to repair signal infrastructure damaged by a June(...) → Read More
MBTA releases video of Red Line derailment
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MBTA RELEASED video Friday of a June 11 Red Line derailment that officials say will continue to cause delays through most of the summer, the same day T officials said service on a stretch of track will return to normal two weeks earlier than expected. Get the Daily Download Our(...) → Read More
Walsh unloads on T
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH called Wednesday for the MBTA to invest about $9 million in running Red Line and commuter rail trains more frequently, slamming the system — wracked with ongoing delays after a derailment last month — as “not currently a functional service” for much of the city. Get the(...) → Read More
29 senators urge DEP to block Weymouth gas facility
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Nearly three-quarters of the Senate penned a letter Thursday urging the Department of Environmental Protection commissioner to rescind approval for a controversial natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, a significant escalation from what had been mostly staunch local opposition. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email* The… → Read More
Senators raise concerns on T fare increase
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE SENATORS slammed the MBTA’s rollout of proposed fare hikes on Thursday, arguing that outreach about the increases was insufficient and that it was unfair to raise prices when the transit authority is letting millions of dollars in existing fares go uncollected. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every(...) → Read More
DeLeo proposes $1b in municipal climate investments
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO proposed a sweeping $1 billion environmental grant program Friday that, over the next decade, would fund municipal efforts to build renewable-energy infrastructure and invest in climate resiliency programs. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email* DeLeo, speaking alongside members of the Joint Committee on(...) → Read More
The ‘other’ housing crisis
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE YOU’VE LIKELY HEARD about the housing crisis in eastern Massachusetts, with too few units available and prices always on the rise. Get the Daily Download Our news roundup delivered every weekday.Email* But a second housing crisis, one with effectively opposite circumstances, lurks across much of the rest of the state. In(...) → Read More