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With mandates eased, it’s masks up, masks down, masks askew all over town © Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff Some people wore masks in the Public Garden and some did not on April 30 in Boston. Our collective responsibility calls for continued vigilance I understand that the science shows vaccinated people are unlikely to get or transmit the virus if outdoors and distant from others. I also understand how tired everyone is and the desire to allow people to enjoy their status once vaccinated. The...

Here is  Radio Boston rundown for May 6. Tiziana Dearing is our host. A new survey by the Greater Boston Food Bank has found that Massachusetts saw a 55% increase in food insecurity from 2019 to 2020 and the pandemic is largely to blame. 1.6 million adults in Massachusetts are struggling to get enough to eat, with people of color and families with children disproportionately impacted. We talk to Catherine DAmato, CEO of GBFB, to discuss this new data and the gaps in access to food security. To...

Little R.I. wielding big power in D.C. The work Rhode Islanders are doing in Washington will affect the whole country, Senator Jack Reed says By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated March 16, 2021, 9:51 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, right, is ceremoniously sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2021.Samuel Corum/Bloomberg If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about R...

These former lieutenant governors who became governors have some advice for Dan McKee Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and former Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer offered a few pointers By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 10:03 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signs an executive order on Feb. 22, 2021, directing state departments to cooperate with Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee in his efforts to develop the states budget for the upcoming fiscal year.Photo Courtes...

. ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 114,438 confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after adding 550 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 2.9 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 17 percent. The state announced 10 more deaths, bringing the total to 2,154. There were 324 people in the hospital, and 66,778 residents had received the first dose of the vaccine. Advertisement Gina Raimondo sure knows how to go out with a bang. Rhode Island and the rest of the regio...