"You want to make sure that you're looking into what your options for 2023 look like."
State Wire: Open Enrollment For ACA Health Coverage Begins Nov. 1 In Mass
COVID
For the Latest Pandemic Info, Check Out the ‘People’s CDC’
Grassroots network of researchers and frontline medical workers publicizes hard data on the ongoing coronavirus crisis; encourages political activism for science-based public health policy
A Day In the Life: My Happy Hunan Kitchen
How one Brighton restaurant, opened in 2020, has persevered through the pandemic on the strength of community, teamwork, and golden beef soup
Mass Consultants Use Questionable Tools To Investigate Eviction Relief Applicants
“Instead of taking steps to further simplify the process, we are concerned that more investigation will delay or prevent eligible people from getting the help they need.”
COVID STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL END IN APRIL
Improving COVID metrics led to the City of Boston's decision
CITY’S B TOGETHER POLICY LIFTED
An update to COVID-19 practices in Boston
MA DIVERTS EVICTION RELIEF FUNDS TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS
Housing rights advocates say innocent applicants will be unfairly impugned
NURSES CALL FOR URGENT ACTION FROM GOV BAKER
Ask for 14 critical COVID safety recommendations
CITY OF BOSTON WILL REPLENISH SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FUND
The fund is meant to assist businesses with recovery expenses and help them grow beyond the pandemic
MAYOR WU LAUNCHES B TOGETHER, REQUIRING VACCINATION IN SOME INDOOR SPACES
The initiative applies to indoor restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, and entertainment venues
OPINION: WHY BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES SHOULD RECEIVE REPARATIONS
For starters, former Confederate states legally extended the multibillion-dollar slavery franchise—with the US government’s complicity.
ANOTHER LONG, COLD WINTER FOR RESTAURANTS?
Nearly two years into the pandemic, it feels in some ways that dining and drinking spots are back to square one. But there are differences this time around
STATE WIRE: FOOD INSECURITY IN MASS COMPOUNDED BY SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUES
Supply-chain issues, inflation and job loss during the pandemic have put many families' food security at risk.
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOSTON’S UPCOMING VAXX REQUIREMENTS
The details of B Together, Boston’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for select indoor spaces
FALLOUT 10: ON NBC BOSTON’S SYMPATHETIC TREATMENT OF TROOPER VIOLATING VAXX MANDATE
The real story is not that one state cop held a made-for-TV event in her driveway—it’s that the vaccine mandate is working.
NEW REPORT SHOWS WHO BORE BRUNT OF COVID EVICTION CRISIS IN BOSTON
“70% of all eviction filings occurred in census tracts where the majority of renters are people of color.”
LIVE NATION LINKS WITH CITY AND CATALDO FOR “GET VAXXED, GET TIX!” CAMPAIGN, CLINICS
“Guests who receive their vaccination on site at House of Blues Boston or Paradise Rock Club will receive two free tickets to a show of their choice at either venue.”
GUEST OPINION: REFORMING OUR COBBLED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
There is one beacon on the horizon that can address this
THE PAIN CONTINUES FOR BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT THERE IS AN ANSWER
We must continue to urge Biden and Congress to replenish Restaurant Revitalization Fund
STATE WIRE: MASS EDUCATORS WELCOME CDC GUIDANCE TO MASK UP IN SCHOOL
"Masking was one of three or four critical mitigation strategies that really helped control transmission in the school buildings."
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SAY PUT FRONTLINE WORKERS FIRST
Labor and community groups are asking that American Rescue Plan funds be invested in frontline workers and communities disproportionately impacted by COVID
HELP WANTED (YES, THE INDUSTRY IS STILL SUFFERING)
As Boston-area restaurants struggle to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, they face another crisis that threatens their very existence
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH, CASSANDRA
Human unwillingness to surmount the pandemic means it’s unlikely we will stop global warming
ONCE AGAIN: BELOVED SOMERVILLE VENUE REEMERGES AT BOYNTON YARDS
What does it take to survive as a venue? “We are like sharks—you gotta keep moving or you’ll die.”
IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: A HARROWING TRUE COVID STORY
As we emerge from the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to wreak untold damage. Don’t believe it? Ask my friend and his loved ones who have dealt with the horror first-hand.
A YEAR OF DISASTER AT OLD COLONY: SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SELF-HARM, AND COVID
“People call saying, “I just can’t bear it.” “The walls are closing in on me; I can’t talk to my family; I’ve lost it.”
REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR WITHOUT LIVE MUSIC
What did you accomplish during the Year Of No Live Music? Did you put your time and effort into a specific project, or did you just try to keep your head above water and cope from day to day?
NEW MASS REOPENING PLANS INCLUDE VENUES AND SINGING
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10th and put plans in place for further reopening on May 29th and August 1st.
HOW JULIET HIT A $100K KICKSTARTER GOAL IN 4 DAYS
“We’re not going to survive for 20 more years if we don’t do this [expansion].”
MOOBY’S BOSTON: HOW KEVIN SMITH HAS BROUGHT HIS PICK-UP EXPERIENCE TO 10 CITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC
Plus how Chris Rock predicted the takeout dynamo and Smith dishes on Twilight Of The Mallrats and Clerks III
