![LOWELL – More than 40 percent of grants distributed through a nearly $700 million small business relief program have gone to minority-owned businesses, Baker administration officials said Thursday, touting their success at reaching the hardest-hit communities as the funding winds down. Since October, the administration has distributed $687 million to more than 15,000 local employers […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GOVsc016-1-1.jpg?w=128 "LOWELL – More than 40 percent of grants distributed through a nearly $700 million small business relief program have gone to minority-owned businesses, Baker administration officials said Thursday, touting their success at reaching the hardest-hit communities as the funding winds down. Since October, the administration has distributed $687 million to more than 15,000 local employers […]")
Gov. Charlie Baker, in Lowell, touts small business
LOWELL – More than 40 percent of grants distributed through a nearly $700 million small business relief program have gone to minority-owned businesses, Baker administration officials said Thursday, touting their...
![BOSTON – The state’s vaccination campaign is poised for another step into new territory after Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced the state’s mass vaccination sites will soon offer walk-in shots. With the number of residents immunized against the highly infectious virus steadily climbing, Baker announced that six out of seven mass vaccination sites will administer doses […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bakernc11-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – The state’s vaccination campaign is poised for another step into new territory after Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced the state’s mass vaccination sites will soon offer walk-in shots. With the number of residents immunized against the highly infectious virus steadily climbing, Baker announced that six out of seven mass vaccination sites will administer doses […]")
![BOSTON – A collection of animal rights organizations and commercial egg farmers, once opponents, are joining forces to urge prompt reform of the state’s cage-free standards law before it takes effect in January while warning of price spikes on the horizon. In the five years since Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question setting minimum standards for […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Food-Peeling_Eggs_25584-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – A collection of animal rights organizations and commercial egg farmers, once opponents, are joining forces to urge prompt reform of the state’s cage-free standards law before it takes effect in January while warning of price spikes on the horizon. In the five years since Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question setting minimum standards for […]")
![BOSTON – The number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases bounced back up to 718 on Tuesday, one day after public health officials reported the lowest daily total since October. The Department of Public Health reported 718 cases from 36,039 tests, an increase by nearly half over the 481 cases from 25,827 tests counted Monday. Another […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Baker5-2-1-1.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – The number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases bounced back up to 718 on Tuesday, one day after public health officials reported the lowest daily total since October. The Department of Public Health reported 718 cases from 36,039 tests, an increase by nearly half over the 481 cases from 25,827 tests counted Monday. Another […]")
![BOSTON – Pointing to high-profile legal cases that resulted in dropped or reduced charges, lawmakers and parents on Monday renewed their push for legislation that would impose new oversight requirements on the chief medical examiner in cases involving the death of a young child. Supporters pressed for passage of legislation that would make any autopsy […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSDrugs-p1-1.jpg?w=85 "BOSTON – Pointing to high-profile legal cases that resulted in dropped or reduced charges, lawmakers and parents on Monday renewed their push for legislation that would impose new oversight requirements on the chief medical examiner in cases involving the death of a young child. Supporters pressed for passage of legislation that would make any autopsy […]")
![BOSTON – Expanding vocational and technical education opportunities, particularly for adults seeking career changes, will help Massachusetts rebuild its economy after the pandemic’s devastation, Baker administration officials said Thursday. Gov. Charlie Baker and his top deputies pitched the Career Technical Initiative program, which launched in January 2020 with a goal of training 20,000 skilled trades […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/symmonsms09-1.jpg?w=127 "BOSTON – Expanding vocational and technical education opportunities, particularly for adults seeking career changes, will help Massachusetts rebuild its economy after the pandemic’s devastation, Baker administration officials said Thursday. Gov. Charlie Baker and his top deputies pitched the Career Technical Initiative program, which launched in January 2020 with a goal of training 20,000 skilled trades […]")
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker pitched his new omnibus road safety legislation as a way to improve the state’s almost-worst-in-the-nation seatbelt use and cut down on traffic deaths that have not abated during a stretch of pandemic-era decreased travel. Some civil rights and transportation advocates caution, however, that the route to safer roads Baker proposed (H 3706) […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/seatbelt-001-HCJB-1.jpg?w=117 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker pitched his new omnibus road safety legislation as a way to improve the state’s almost-worst-in-the-nation seatbelt use and cut down on traffic deaths that have not abated during a stretch of pandemic-era decreased travel. Some civil rights and transportation advocates caution, however, that the route to safer roads Baker proposed (H 3706) […]")
![BOSTON – The daily total of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed back into quadruple digits Wednesday after two consecutive days below 1,000, while the count of hospitalizations and an estimate of active cases continued to drop. The Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,392 new cases from 102,432 tests, leaving the seven-day average positive […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bakerms002-1-2.jpg?w=115 "BOSTON – The daily total of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed back into quadruple digits Wednesday after two consecutive days below 1,000, while the count of hospitalizations and an estimate of active cases continued to drop. The Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,392 new cases from 102,432 tests, leaving the seven-day average positive […]")
![BOSTON – Public health authorities confirmed 812 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest single-day total since early last November. The 812 new cases announced Monday by the Department of Public Health brought the state’s total to 641,211 infections since last February. But the day’s total is the lowest since Nov. 2, when DPH […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bakernl05-1-1.jpg?w=135 "BOSTON – Public health authorities confirmed 812 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest single-day total since early last November. The 812 new cases announced Monday by the Department of Public Health brought the state’s total to 641,211 infections since last February. But the day’s total is the lowest since Nov. 2, when DPH […]")
![BOSTON – Red-light cameras, stricter penalties for driving with a suspended license, and allowing law enforcement to pull motorists over for failing to wear a seatbelt are among the highlights of a road safety bill the Baker administration unveiled Monday. The wide-ranging bill includes both new proposals, such as additional enforcement options to help enhance […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SEN-L-LEOMstreet_092419_07-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Red-light cameras, stricter penalties for driving with a suspended license, and allowing law enforcement to pull motorists over for failing to wear a seatbelt are among the highlights of a road safety bill the Baker administration unveiled Monday. The wide-ranging bill includes both new proposals, such as additional enforcement options to help enhance […]")