Beltway Politics
Why the next 100 days will define the Biden presidency more than the first 100 days »
Boston Globe
Howie Carr: In a Kerry vs. Giuliani smackdown, the mayor knocks out Liveshot »
Boston Herald
Business
By one metric, the Mass. economy has recovered from Covid-19 »
Boston Business Journal
‘August Is A Long Way Away,’ Businesses Surprised NYC Reopening 7 Weeks Before Boston »
CBS Boston
Live music is coming back to Boston! Will the crowds be there to greet it? »
Boston.com
Former senator Scott Brown played a pivotal role in bringing back road races next month »
Boston Globe
Large venues working to maintain safety, ease hesitations as state reopens »
Western Mass News
Cannabis & Psychedelics
‘We feel like the ugly stepchildren of cannabis.’ Mass. hemp farmers wait in regulatory purgatory »
Boston Globe
Education
Baker To Add More Grant Funding To Voc-Tech Schools »
WBUR
In Maine, the debate over schools returning full-time rages town by town »
Boston Globe
PETA renews campaign against monkey research at UMass »
Gazette Net
Baker Touts Voc-Tech Training After Budget Push Falls Short »
State House News Service
Massachusetts To Spend $70 Million On Summer School Learning Programs »
CBS Boston
Northborough-Southborough Votes To Retire "Tomahawk" Imagery From Algonquin Regional High School »
WGBH
Mass. commits over $70 million for summer programs to combat learning loss during the pandemic »
Boston Globe
Environment
In dealing with climate change, don’t forget solar, storage »
Commonwealth Magazine
Letter: In reconnecting with nature, we could revive it »
Boston Globe
Health Care
The US government has now paid Moderna $6b for vaccine effort »
Boston Globe
Housing
Brockton eviction cases leave advocates and officials racing to end crisis »
The Enterprise
Human Services
$600M bond bill for new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, more services for veterans statewide passes Massachusetts Senate in unanimous vote »
The Republican
Trouble may be ahead for $600 million bond bill for new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, statewide services, after easy passage by Senate »
The Republican
Under pressure, Mass. Senate creates panel to help ensure $400 million soldiers’ home project includes minority-owned firms »
Boston Globe
Universal childcare in Mass. comes with a $5b price tag »
Commonwealth Magazine
Judiciary
Suffolk DA kicks off effort to drop tens of thousands of convictions tied to tainted state drug lab »
Boston Globe
Labor
Post-COVID pandemic recovery in Massachusetts must include job training, Gov. Charlie Baker says »
The Republican
Terminated Marriott Copley workers launch hotel boycott »
Boston Globe
Local Government
Emotions boil over in tiny Mount Washington, as resignation leaves two major posts unfilled »
the Berkshire edge
Springfield city councilor calls on Gov. Baker for guidance on basketball courts »
News 22 WWLP.com
Funding for full-time police chief, zoning change on Worthington TM agenda »
Gazette Net
One contest in Saturday's election in Worthington »
Gazette Net
Fate of Russell School holds up proposal to create Hadley historic district »
Gazette Net
Higgins to accept role as Woburn's next City Clerk »
Daily Times Chronicle
Outdoor mask mandate continues in downtown Amherst »
Western Mass News
With outdoor basketball banned in Springfield due to COVID, City Councilor Malo Brown looks for an assist from Gov. Charlie Baker »
The Republican
Park designers settle on new concept for Copley Square »
Boston Globe
Politics
Ex-girlfriend testifies about former Fall River mayor’s high-spending ways »
Boston Globe
Chair: New Congressional Districts Won’t Pit Incumbent vs. Incumbent »
State House News Service
Boston Mayoral Hopefuls Pitch Workforce Development Ideas »
State House News Service
Boston mayoral hopefuls criticize Kim Janey’s decision to delay Boston’s reopening »
Boston Herald
Everett City Councilor to challenge mayor »
Boston Globe
Public Health
Regional vaccination site opens in Chicopee to ‘crush COVID’ »
The Republican
Liftman: No reason to celebrate lifting mask mandate in Mass. »
Boston Herald
Federal health officials vow again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars »
Boston Globe
After all those eager for vaccination get their shots, how to reach the rest? Primary care doctors say they’re the answer »
Boston Globe
Lawmakers, municipal group work on local health funding »
The Metro West Daily News
Charlie Baker says Massachusetts could lift coronavirus restrictions early if more people get vaccinated »
Boston Herald
About a third of people in most parts of Massachusetts are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 »
WCVB
26 Massachusetts cities and towns at high risk for coronavirus transmission, decline by almost half »
Boston Herald
Editorial: It’s time for employers to impose vaccine mandates »
Boston Globe
1,260 confirmed cases, 16 deaths, and 85,896 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass. »
Boston Globe
State Rarely Enforced Mask And Travel Orders, WBUR Review Finds »
WBUR
Baker: State will ‘take a look’ at moving up full reopening date if people keep doing ‘right things’ »
WHDH
Active COVID cases in Massachusetts now dropping daily with 50% of the state’s population with at least one vaccine shot »
The Republican
State senator touts Cape Cod’s virus response ahead of summer travel season »
Boston.com
Public Safety
Boston Mayor Janey To Sign Measure Limiting Police Use Of Tear Gas »
CBS Boston
Transportation
Our Opinion: Road safety critical, but Baker bill needs a close look »
Berkshire Eagle
Utilities
Thousands of homes in Massachusetts still have lead water pipes, and many residents don’t know »
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MassGovernor
April 30, 2021 Update: Summer Learning Announcement
GBH News
Breaking Down President Biden’s ‘New Kind Of Bipartisanship’
CBS Boston
Cape Cod Businesses Struggling To Find Workers