"It was sort of testing the water with it, seeing what [evictions] they can get away with. This legislation stopped folks in their tracks before it caught on."
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IN BOSTON, A REOPENED HOSPITAL BUILDING HOUSES INFECTED AND VULNERABLE
“We were realizing what a big problem this is. We needed to take a larger, more system-based response to it.”
BREAKING DOWN THE MASSACHUSETTS EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM
"The bottom line is, the final version, literally, was everything that we wanted. I shared it with some of the legal services attorneys who had worked with me, and their first response was this is a total home run."
WHO GOT CARES ACT LOANS AND HOW MUCH, PLUS UPDATE ON THE LATEST FUNDS
Nearly three-quarters of the loans went to the smallest of companies—those needing $150,000 or less. While slightly more than a quarter of a point of these loans went to the big players, those big borrowers took slightly more than 9% of the available funds.
IN PANDEMIC, “EVERY TOOL” AVAILABLE NOT ENOUGH FOR IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES
“People are still getting deported. It’s a pandemic, and they are tearing apart families for nothing.”
MASS CRAFT DISTILLERS PETITION FOR “FIGHTING CHANCE” IN COVID ECONOMY
The petition asks officials to consider: excise tax relief for the alcohol used to make hand sanitizer; the ability to sell and ship products directly to consumers within the state; and the ability for bars and restaurants to sell cocktails with takeout food orders.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COULD CAUSE TROUBLED MASS COLLEGES TO CLOSE
From unique hurdles for New England institutions, to enrollment crises on the international and domestic fronts, to preexisting existential challenges, coronavirus may spell the end for some colleges and universities.
THE DYSFUNCTIONAL MASS PAROLE BOARD’S INEVITABLE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
“Most prisons and many jails have done very little to reduce the population density that puts both incarcerated people and staff at grave risk.”
PANDEMIC FISH TALES FROM THE BAY STATE’S SINKING SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
“All these boats have supply, but nowhere to go.” “Our shellfish business died overnight.”
JUDGE RULES CLOSURE OF DISPENSARIES CONSTITUTIONAL BUT GIVES HOPE
“Even during an emergency, the Governor does not have unreviewable authority and may not disobey constitutional constraints.”