Massachusetts House votes to maintain film tax credit permanently
By Emma Platoff Globe Staff,Updated April 26, 2021, 2 hours ago
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The Massachusetts State House.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
The Massachusetts House voted unanimously Monday to make permanent the stateâs controversial film tax credit, strongly endorsing a tax break recently panned by a government commission and teeing up a dispute with the state Senate, which takes a dimmer view of the program.
In the past, supporters have extended the program for a few years at a time, but this weekâs amendment by state Representative Tackey Chan, a Democrat from Quincy, would extend it indefinitely. The 15-year-old program has survived many attempts to end it, including two by Governor Charlie Baker, and it faces skepticism from Democratic leaders in the Massachusetts Senate.
Five Colleges plan for more robust on-campus experience in fall
A solitary person walks past the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVING GUTTING
Smith College students cross the central campus in Northampton. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Students walk to and from the Mount Holyoke College Blanchard Campus Center. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Hampshire College GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Signs like this one posted at Noah Webster Circle near College Street (Rt. 9) announce that the Amherst College campus is closed to the public. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
Come fall, college campuses in the area are expected to look much like they did before the shutdowns that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, though mask-wearing and social distancing protocols could remain necessary, and vaccines may be required.
UMass, Hampshire College to require student vaccinations
University of Massachusetts Amherst campus GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/22/2021 8:50:51 PM
AMHERST All students at the University of Massachusetts living and studying on campus in the fall semester will be required to receive full COVID-19 vaccinations.
UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, in a letter sent to the campus community Thursday, announced that the university is preparing for a return to normal campus operations on Sept. 1 that will include face-to-face instruction, full residence halls and traditional student events and activities.
“We will require all undergraduate and graduate students who wish to live or learn or conduct research on campus, or access campus resources, to be fully vaccinated prior to the beginning of the fall semester, on the basis of expected additional state, federal and legal guidance and vaccine availability, and subject to religious and disability accommodations pursuant to state an
UMass among schools mandating vaccinations for students
Updated Apr 22, 2021;
Posted Apr 22, 2021
4/24/2020 - Smith College in Northampton is among those that will require students to be vaccinated before coming to campus this fall, but some local other institutions have not taken that route - at least not yet. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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Students at community colleges in Massachusetts will not.
Other public and private colleges and universities are watching trends, monitoring government requirements and weighing options before declaring whether vaccination will be simply encouraged as all schools are doing or mandatory, with enforceable consequences.
Every institution is preaching health and safety. Whether to make vaccination a requirement, however, is complicated.
Five Colleges plan for more robust on-campus experience in fall
A solitary person walks past the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVING GUTTING
Smith College students cross the central campus in Northampton. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Students walk to and from the Mount Holyoke College Blanchard Campus Center. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Hampshire College GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Signs like this one posted at Noah Webster Circle near College Street (Rt. 9) announce that the Amherst College campus is closed to the public. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/14/2021 7:47:51 PM
Come fall, college campuses in the area are expected to look much like they did prior to the shutdowns that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, though mask-wearing and social distancing protocols could remain necessary, and vaccines may be required.