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January 28, 2021 While Massachusetts businesses and cultural institutions remain partially open amid reopening rollbacks, many residents are continuing to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic amid new orders and advisories from Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. With that in mind, this week’s BosTen offers a mix of in-person and virtual things to do this weekend. Have an idea about what we should cover? Leave us a comment on this article or in the BosTen Facebook group, ...

Watch live: The Housing Gap | The State of Race Join us for a conversation about housing inequality, a part of our free forum series, “The State of Race,” hosted by GBH, the Boston Globe, NAACP Boston Branch, and WORLD Channel. Updated January 28, 2021, 7:41 p.m. Email to a Friend David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Moderated by award-winning journalist and frequent GBH contributor Dan Lothian, the discussion features Lisa Rice, president and CEO of the National Housing Alliance; Alex-Ponte-Cap...

POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. BAKER HASNT SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS — T...

New Transit-Oriented Development Requirements for Boston-Area Transit Stations Cities with commuter rail stops will have to accommodate higher-density housing or risk losing access to state resources and housing grants. January 26, 2021, 5am PST | Diana Ionescu | THONGCHAI.S Massachusetts latest economic development bill includes a rule that requires municipalities served by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter trains to permit denser housing in at least one district ...

$1.4 Billion Housing Redevelopment Project Moves Forward in Boston The 80-year-old Bunker Hill public housing complex will be replace according to a plan approved recently by the Boston Planning and Development Agency. January 19, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell | The Boston Planning and Development Agency board recently approved zoning for a 2,700-unit public housing complex that will replace 1,100 low-income apartments in the neighborhood of Charlestown in addition to adding the differenc...

POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Monday! MCGOVERN Q&A: THE RIGHT THING IS TO IMPEACH — Rep. Jim Mc...

We asked some of Boston’s leaders (who aren’t running for mayor) what the city’s next mayor should do. Here are their answers Milton J. Valencia © JOSEPH PREZIOSO Organizer Monica Cannon-Grant spoke to protesters about their movement with the photos of people who have lost their lives, including George Floyd, to police brutality across the US at Franklin Park in Boston on June 2, 2020. Boston is a city in transition. Despite the economic successes of the last few decade...

Alexandria said it will keep developing the three-building, 1.8 million-square-foot complex with an eye to office and lab space. | realestate.boston.com

POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. TGIF! TRAHAN Q&A: SENATE HEARTLESS IN RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS — Rep. Lori T...

Massachusetts is not OK. While our hospitals and healthcare infrastructure have given us something of a buffer against the winter COVID-19 surge that’s depleted ICU capacity in states like Arizona and North Dakota, our system is still being tested by the staggering numbers of infections the state is now reporting every day. (Tuesday alone saw 3,627 new cases.) As neighboring states like Vermont and Rhode Island tackle the surge by pausing their reopenings — shutting down certain b...