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Wicked Local As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to drop in Billerica and around the state, local officials begin to move town boards and committees back to in-person meetings, but for some board members, the concern is the possible rollback of accountability. In March 2020, Gov. Charlie Baker enacted emergency orders allowing municipal bodies to conduct public meetings remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With continuing progress on vaccine distribution in the state, Baker announced Monday those orders would be lifted on Tuesday, June 15. This move by the Baker Administration threw...

25 Investigates: Vaccination rates in low-income communities still lag behind the pack Kerry Kavanaugh 25 Investigates told you about a major gap in vaccination rates between wealthy and low income communities in Massachusetts.. Since then, the state altered its vaccine approach. We wanted to know if it’s working. Anchor investigative reporter Kerry Kavanaugh found some of our poorest communities are still lagging behind the pack. Critics of the state’s rollout say this outcome was entirely predictable. Those low income communities were also places hit hardest by COVID-19....

With a vote of the House and Senate Wednesday afternoon, the Massachusetts Legislature effectively kicked off a year-and-a-half-long ballot campaign around the proposed constitutional amendment to increase taxes on the

My Turn: Next pandemic will we treat the homebound better? AL NORMAN Published: 6/9/2021 1:13:10 PM Massachusetts began administering COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 15, 2020. One hundred four days later, on March 29, Gov. Charles Baker announced the launch of a new “Homebound Vaccine Program.” By that point in time, the commonwealth had already administered 3,409,635 doses of vaccine to the public. The Homebound Program was clearly not as high a priority as reaching patients in nursing facilities, where COVID fatalities were a daily headline. As a result, homebound elderly and disabled pe...

BOSTON — The Department of Revenue collected more than twice as much money from taxpayers last month than it had anticipated and Massachusetts is now on pace to emerge from