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Ryan Mills May 15, 2021 8:30 PM ET No state offers more generous unemployment benefits than Massachusetts; they max out at over $800 per week, plus the $300 in federal money. And the state has among the least-restrictive eligibility requirements in the country, said John Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts. Hurst said the $300 federal unemployment benefits are a big story nationally, but in Massachusetts, “the $300 was the cherry on top of the sundae.” “That’s a pretty strong incentive to spend the summer at the beach,” Hurst said of the combined state and...

Author Mitch Johnson at Kett's Books in Wymondham - Credit: Supplied by Ketts Books As shops re-open we ask the people running some of our local independents what’s selling, what’s recommended and what they’ve loved reading during lockdown. Tracy Kenny, manager of Kett’s Books in Wymondham, said: “It's just been wonderful to be able to throw open the door and watch customers so happy to come in. They are happy to be in town, and especially to be allowed to browse and discover books they didn't know they wanted. Chatting about those books, their kids, the dog - it's all good. It's g...

Massachusetts delays unemployment tax deadline for business owners, buying time to address COVID-related increases Updated 10:30 AM; The Baker administration is giving business owners a brief reprieve in their unemployment taxes, delaying the payment deadline by a month, as state officials look into the massive increases in employer contribution rates. The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance notified business owners Thursday night that the deadline to pay employer contributions had been pushed back to June 1, according to a copy of the notice provided to MassLive. “The admi...

As Scottsdale resident Arthur Deal walks along a perimeter construction fence cutting through Papago Park, he shows off a picture of his grandfather on horse back on the same land

When it comes to Covid, our lungs are ‘ground zero’. They are one of the primary routes the virus uses to get into the body. But early on in the pandemic, chest X-ray scans revealed something else: where the images should be black, indicating healthy air-filled tissue, in many cases there was a white mist described as resembling ‘ground glass’. It’s the telltale sign of pneumonitis – inflamed lungs as a result of the body’s immune response to the virus. But in the case of Covid, the damage often seems to be far worse and more extensive than with similar illnesses such as flu.