On Friday the Baker-Polito Administration announced a new multilingual public awareness campaign, “Trust the Facts. Get the Vax.” The research-driven, $2.5 million campaign promotes the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and urges residents to get vaccinated when it…
Author: Kane Dimasso-Scott
South End/Bay Village Liaison gets promotion, brings in new liaison
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of former South End/Bay Village mayoral liaison Faisa Sharif as the deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS), opening the door for Kimberly Crucioli to become the new South End…
BTU calls for full remote learning to start school year
Boston Teachers Union releases proposal for the safe restart of Boston Public Schools The Boston Teachers Union (BTU) has released a proposal for re-opening schools this fall, calling for a fully remote learning program and not the hybrid, in-person model…
Paycheck Protection Program resumes Monday morning
Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement this weekend on the resumption of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP): “We are pleased that President Trump has signed into…
The (climate) news is all bad
At the start of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly said to his aides, “So far, the news is all bad,” referring to the reports from the front in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese were taking…