Marwin Gonzalez is comfortable with his carousel of defensive assignments, but he joked Monday that it does inspire one inconvenience.
“It just affects me during the game if I change \[positions\] because I have to run super fast to get my glove inside and move,” Gonzalez said. “Other than that,
Free beer? Cash? State and local governments are offering incentives for COVID-19 vaccines
By Amanda Kaufman Globe Staff,Updated May 13, 2021, 11:25 a.m.
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A free beer in New Jersey. Cash in Detroit. A free fishing or hunting license in Maine.
In an effort to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, cities and states across the country are turning to a range of incentives to get people to line up for shots.
The push comes as all Americans 16 and older are now eligible to be vaccinated, a shift from earlier phases of the vaccination rollout when states prioritized higher-risk populations. Now that more people are vaccinated, many states, including Massachusetts, are adjusting their strategies to reach those who arenât as eager to line up for doses, or those who encounter barriers to access.
Why itâs hard to get good projects going
In the absence of a centralized figure empowered to cut through the objections and force bureaucracies to serve a common mission, billions of taxpayer dollars will inevitably sit fallow.
By Marc J. DunkelmanUpdated May 10, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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In this 2015 file photo, an Amtrak Acela Express train approaches the train station in Old Saybrook, Conn.NYT
Funding is undoubtedly at the root of Americaâs infrastructure challenge. But lost in the debate over how to fund new investments is the question of how expeditiously government can deploy the money. The progressive movement was born more than a century ago from a desire to overcome machine politics and corporate graft by placing power in the hands of apolitical bureaucrats. But since the Watergate era, fears of bureaucratic abuse have spurred reforms designed explicitly to diffuse government authority. To put new federal dollars to their best use fighting decay and cl