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WILL THERE BE A ROLLBACK? Still hundreds a day. But the 812 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday in Massachusetts is the smallest single-day total since early last November. With that as backdrop, Gov. Charlie Baker continued this week to raise expectations that he will roll back on restrictions.
âStay tuned, he said Monday, when asked what he has in mind, in light of the fact that itâs been reported the Biden administration may relax outdoor mask use requirements. We re going to make some additional announcements here in Massachusetts this week, Baker said. He declined to say more. CNN reported Monday that President Joe Biden plans to update the federal government s mask policy on Tuesday.
While President Joe Biden receives overall majority approval for his performance during his first 100 days in office, a new nationwide UMass Amherst / WCVB poll released today also found that fully one-third of Americans continue to view his presidency as illegitimate.
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service
Joining Northeastern University, Emerson College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Massachusetts state university system bcame the latest to require that its students be vaccinated against the coronavirus before returning to campus for in-person classes in the fall semester.
Undergraduate and graduate students who are attending in-person classes, conducting research on campus, living in residence halls or participating in campus life activities will be required to become fully inoculated prior to the start of the 2021 academic year, the presidents of the nine state universities agreed, according to the State Universities Council of Presidents.
Automatic Aid for the People? How Jobless Benefits Can Fit the Economy.
The pandemic showed the flaws in the American approach to help the unemployed. Alternatives exist.
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The line outside an unemployment office in Fayetteville, Ark., last April.Credit.September Dawn Bottoms for The New York Times
For years, people who study unemployment benefits have warned that the American system of jobless insurance was too antiquated and clunky to meet the needs of workers in a time of economic crisis.
To understand what they were worried about, consider this bizarre timeline since the start of the pandemic:
Last spring, when the economic shutdown caused millions to lose their jobs, many state systems were so clogged that people were unable to receive jobless benefits for weeks, sometimes longer.