Massachusetts

Gov. Charlie Baker dedicated his annual State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday evening to the people of Massachusetts, from how they’ve heroically confronted the coronavirus pandemic to how much TV they’ve been watching. Baker thanked Massachusetts residents for how they’ve adjusted to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic and the ...

Gov. Charlie Baker took a look back at what Massachusetts dealt with in 2020 and what’s ahead in 2021.

In a nod to all the TV we’ve been watching amid the coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker urged people to follow the wisdom found in the show “Ted Lasso” in the face of talking heads and instant reactions on social media. The advice, borrowed from Walt Whitman, is “be curious, not judgmental.”

The former chairman of a Massachusetts tribe is seeking to dismiss some of the federal bribery and extortion charges he’s facing over the tribe’s long planned casino project. Cedric Cromwell, former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoags, filed a motion last week to dismiss three bribery counts. Cromwell also said in the filing that he reserv...

Nearly 40 supermarkets across Massachusetts are partnering with the state to deliver COVID-19 vaccine at their pharmacies starting next week. Wegmans is one of the many supermarkets participating in the new vaccine rollout effort. The supermarket chain will also be working with officials in New York and Pennsylvania to administer vaccines. The stat...

The announcement comes just one day after 2,000 COVID vaccines spoiled at the VA Medical Center in Jamaica Plain. State officials are working to ramp up the vaccine rollout.

Massachusetts schools are continuing to see an increase in coronavirus cases, with 938 more cases reported among students and staff this week. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 541 students with district building access within seven days of the repo...

Encore Boston Harbor on Friday announced plans resume 24 hour, seven-days-a-week service starting next week, after the Baker administration announced it would lift a business curfew on Monday. In a press release, the casino announced it would open its doors 24-7 starting Wednesday, pending approval from the state gaming commission. The resort casin...

Lawmakers are poised on Thursday to dig into whether staff and labor issues might have exacerbated a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. A legislative committee convened to investigate the tragedy that led to the deaths of at least 76 veterans early in the pandemic who resided at the home will hold a hearing focusing...

A second person tested positive Tuesday in Massachusetts with the more contagious variant of COVID-19 first detected in the United Kingdom, Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said. Bharel said the case of the B.1.1.7 variant was discovered by the Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory, but she did not offer further details. The first case of ...

On the day President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office in Washington, law enforcement officials in Massachusetts are again saying they are not aware of any specific or substantiated threats of violence directed at the state capitol or other government buildings in the area. “Rest assured, if ther...

One man died and another is facing charges after a fatal road rage fight in Belmont Tuesday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Gov. Charlie Baker is being urged by a coalition of community activists and medical professionals to give the state’s Black and immigrant communities priority access to COVID-19 vaccines. “Our Black and Latino neighbors have been the hardest hit by the pandemic, and we have failed to implement sufficient measures to protect them,”...