After three days of debate and over a thousand proposed amendments, the $49.73 billion FY23 state budget passed the House of Representatives 155-0 and now goes to the Senate for their consideration. In the budget South End and Chinatown’s State…
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Back Bay Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Over 11 Percent: Citywide Test Rate Nears 9 Percent
With COVID cases steadily increasing in the Back Bay and the rest of the city due to a new, more contagious variant, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) last week recommended residents take precautions to stop the spread and get…
Local Officials React to Roe v. Wade Leak
The unprecedented leak to Politico Monday that five Supreme Court Justices may be gearing up to reverse the court’s landmark decision that has protected a woman’s right to choose for a half century has set off a firestorm of condemnations…
Back Bay, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Climbs Again BPHC Recommends Precautions
With the neighborhood and city’s weekly COVID positive test rate still climbing, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is recommending residents take precautions to stop the spread. The BPHC also renewed its recommendation that masks be worn in indoor public…
Back Bay, City’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Continues to Rise; Currently Above 5-Percent
As the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) continues to recommend residents receive a second COVID booster vaccine, Back Bay and the surrounding area’s weekly COVID positive test rate increased once again with Boston’s test rate now surpassing 5 percent for…
Neighborhood’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases to Over 6%: BPHC Recommends Second COVID Booster Vaccine
Last week the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) released its recommendations for residents to receive a second COVID booster vaccine as Back Bay’s weekly COVID positive test rate increases dramatically. Last week, 1,119 Back Bay, Beacon Hill, North End, West…
Sen. Edwards Uses Crown Act to Deliver Powerful Maiden Speech
Last week the Masschausetts Senate unanimously passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The bill prohibits discrimination, which largely impacts Black residents, based on natural and protective hairstyles in places of work and school-related…
Celebrating Women’s History Month With a Profile of State Senator Lydia Edwards
She became the first woman of color to be elected to the District 1 City Council seat when she won in 2017 and recently became the first woman elected to the First Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate seat, a seat…
Back Bay, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases
With the city’s overall weekly COVID positive test rate steadily declining it’s safe to say removing Boston’s mask mandate and canceling proof of vaccination for indoor venues has not caused a huge spike in cases over the past month. However,…
City of Boston’s COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration to End April 1
Three weeks after the city’s “B Together” policy, which required patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, was canceled and a week after the city’s indoors mask mandate was lifted, the weekly positive…