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A union representing more than 22,000 state workers won a case this week against the Baker administration involving the paid family and medical leave law that could require the state to repay employees as much as $30 million in benefit contributions that were improperly deducted from paychecks. The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board ruled on Tuesday that the administration violated the collective bargaining rights of members of the National Association of Government Employees when in October 2019 it began deducting the maximum allowable 0.5% contribution from their paychecks to pay for t...

After weeks of negotiating with local leaders in Chelsea and Everett after being shorted by the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the federal delegation, Gov. Charlie Baker announced his Administration would dedicate a total of $100 million of additional federal funding to those two communities – and two others that were shorted. The additional funding announcement brought Everett and Chelsea further up from the low levels of funding they did have under the Plan, but still far behind more affluent communities like Newton and Brookline and others. “When this issue was first brought to...

Updated Vaccination Timeline Announced Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s administration today announce that all residents and certain worker groups will be eligible for a vaccine. The State’s detailed timeline parallels the original timeline for the three phases announced in December.   According to the administration they have received assurances from the federal government that increased vaccine supply will be available to states soon.  Depending on supply, it could take weeks for people to be notified that an appointment is available at a mass vaccination site. Timeline for rem...

  Gov. Charlie Baker On Wednesday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a new and far more aggressive timeline for all remaining residents to be eligible for a vaccine. The Baker Administration also announced the weekly distribution of vaccine doses statewide for providers and a new $24.7 million investment in the Administration’s Vaccine Equity Initiative. "The Administration has received assurances from the federal government that an increased vaccine supply will be available to states soon," said the announcement.     Governor Baker announced Wednesday the dates that all rem...

Governor Charlie Baker On Wednesday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a new and far more aggressive timeline for all remaining residents to be eligible for a vaccine. The Baker Administration also announced the weekly distribution of vaccine doses statewide for providers and a new $24.7 million investment in the Administration’s Vaccine Equity Initiative.     Governor Baker announced Wednesday the dates that all remaining residents and certain worker groups will be eligible for a vaccine.   The Commonwealth’s detailed timeline adheres to the original timeline for the thre...