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Pressure mounts for Massachusetts to vaccinate educators By Emma Platoff and Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 8:15 p.m. Email to a Friend Vaccination site workers boarded a school bus transporting education workers as it arrived at a mass vaccination site in a parking lot at Hollywood Park adjacent to SoFi stadium during the Covid-19 pandemic in Inglewood, Calif. on Monday.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Pressure mounted Tuesday on Governor Charlie Baker to join the majority of states in immediately vaccinating teachers, as President Biden, state lawmakers, and teachers unions intensified calls to move educators to the front of the line. ....
Legislators call for more vaccination sites in Southeast Massachusetts Wicked Local BOSTON – Chair of the Southeastern Massachusetts Legislative Caucus Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, has announced that 26 legislators have called for more vaccination sites in Southeastern Massachusetts. The following legislators have signed onto a letter calling for the sites: Senators Michael D. Brady, Mark C. Montigny, Susan L. Moran, Rebecca L. Rausch, and Walter F. Timilty, and Representatives Antonio F. D. Cabral, Claire D. Cronin, Josh S. Cutler, David F. DeCoste, Angelo L. D Emilia, Carol A. Doherty, Carole A. Fiola, Susan Williams Gifford, Patricia A. Haddad, Christopher Hendricks, Steven S. Howitt, Kathleen R. LaNatra, Norman J. Orrall, Adam J. Scanlon, Paul A. Schmid, III, Alan Silvia, William M. Straus, Alyson M. Sullivan, Timothy R. Whelan, and Steven G. Xiarhos. ....