The limited availability of vaccines in Massachusetts has been a major issue. At the present time, the state is only receiving 100,000 doses each week to treat the estimated 1 million residents who are currently eligible – twice, since this is a two-round vaccination process.
“We may, in the future, have a local vaccine option in the town,” Arrighi said. “However, that is in the early stages of planning and there is no guarantee that will occur. Much is depending on the reliability of receiving actual vaccines.”
In the meantime, the town manager is urging those eligible for vaccinations – currently, 75 and older – to contact the Center for Active Living if they are having difficulties in doing so. Social outreach workers at the senior center are assisting residents make appointments and answering their questions.
BOSTON House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.
House Speaker Ron Mariano named his senior leadership team Thursday, assembling a group that includes four women and one member of color to help shape the agenda for the House as Democrats look to focus, in part, on the state s COVID-19 and vaccination response.
Mariano, who succeeded former Speaker Robert DeLeo in December, has tapped Easton Rep. Claire Cronin for the number two slot in Democratic leadership as majority leader, a position Mariano held himself under DeLeo. She becomes the first female majority leader in Massachusetts.
Cronin, who last session co-chaired the Judiciary Committee, successfully guided the House through the passage of a major reform of policing in Massachusetts and an expansion of abortion access. Cronin was first elected to the House in 2012.
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When Lauren Book launched her bid for Florida Senate in the summer of 2015, she was embarking on a somewhat predetermined path, given her pedigree. Her father, Ron Book, is one of the state’s most powerful lobbyists as much a presence in South Florida, where he resides, as he is in the state capital of Tallahassee. And she has often leaned on him as a source of institutional knowledge during her time in the state legislature.