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New members of the Massachusetts Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission took their oaths of office at a small State House gathering Monday afternoon, as the commission's executive director Yasmin Padamsee Forbes highlighted last weekend's Lunar New Year celebration and hoped to "embrace the spirit of unity and prosperity" represented by the Year of the Dragon.
The effort requires state agencies that already collect figures on race and ethnicity to capture a more granular level of information.
Massachusetts will collect more-detailed data on dozens of Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, Latino, and white ethnic groups, a change that can sharpen policy makers’ understanding of a diversifying population.
A WEEI personality apologized Thursday for an on-air remark that is considered derogatory to the Asian community.
January 12, 2021 Telemedicine coverage by insurance also covered in new law The first day of 2021 rang in good news for optometrists in Massachusetts. A multi-faceted healthcare bill was signed into law that allows optometrists to prescribe topical medications for the treatment of glaucoma and to have authority to prescribe oral anti-infectives, moving the state in line with common optometric practice across the rest of the country. New England College of Optometry (NECO) along with many organizations, optometrists and students actively advocated for this important change. “At NECO, our f...