Latest Massachusetts state government News
COVID-19 cases top 90,000; Baker: DOJ push to open churches
BOSTON (AP) — The number of individuals in Massachusetts diagnosed with confirmed cases of COVID-19 surged past 90,000 on Thursday as the state reported more than 1,100 new cases. The number of confirmed COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic climbed to more 6,148 as another 82 deaths were...
COVID-19 deaths top 6,000; Baker touts new work protocols
BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Massachusetts has surged past 6,000 as the state’s economy begins to reopen. There were 128 new COVID-19-related deaths reported Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,066 since the start of the pandemic. Massachusetts has recorded...
Democrats flip 2 GOP-controlled Massachusetts Senate seats
BOSTON (AP) — Democrats flipped two seats in the Massachusetts Senate in two special elections Tuesday giving the party a 36-seat majority in the 40-member chamber. Westfield Democrat John Velis defeated John Cain, a Republican from Southwick, to take the seat formerly held by Republican Don Humason, who...
Massachusetts for-hire fishing industry to reopen in days
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts charter fishing industry is set to reopen in a few days after being shut down due to coronavirus. Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, ordered the industry back open as part of a phased reopening of the state's economy on Monday. Baker's order allows the state's for-hire...
Mayor: Avoid 2nd shutdown; 76 new COVID-19-related deaths
BOSTON (AP) — Boston will move cautiously to avoid a second shutdown as the state begins to reopen, Mayor Marty Walsh said at a Tuesday press conference. “We will continue to be guided by fact-based science, and we will not take steps that put anyone at undue risk,” Walsh said a day after...
Gov. Baker unveils reopening plan: COVID-19 cases top 87,000
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday outlined a phased-in approach to gradually restart the Massachusetts economy, which was largely shuttered nearly two months ago as the state ramped up its fight against the coronavirus which has claimed nearly 5,800 lives in the state. In the first phase beginning...
Urologist charged with killing wife held without bail
A prominent Massachusetts urologist, who was fired after a billing scandal, killed his wife and left her body in a small pond near their home in an affluent Boston suburb, prosecutors said in court Monday. Dr. Ingolf Tuerk, 58, of Dover, was held without bail at his arraignment after pleading not guilty to murder...
Lawmakers weigh bill to allow supervised injection sites
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing legislation that would legalize supervised injection sites for drug users. The Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Recovery on Friday favorably reported out a re-drafted version of legislation that would legalize the sites. The legislation...
Shutdown foes stage rallies in Massachusetts, Maine, N.H.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Coronavirus-related developments across New England: CONNECTICUT A federal judge is set to hear arguments next week in a lawsuit designed to force the state to better protect prison inmates from the coronavirus. The ACLU of Connecticut is asking the court to order emergency actions...
Gov. Baker: Keep working from home; 110 new COVID-19 deaths
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is urging companies to let as many employees as possible work from home to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, even after the state begins to restart the economy. About half of executive branch state employees who work under the governor’s office have been...
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