Matt Murphy State House News Service Elections may never be the same after COVID-19. As the Legislature steams toward passage of a massive expansion of vote-by-mail for the 2020 elections, ranked-choice voting could be implemented in 2022. The Legislature may have given itself until the end of the month to …
Read More »Expanded voting options for 2020 elections in Massachusetts passes Senate
Chris Van Buskirk and Sam Doran The State House News Service The Senate passed expanded vote-by-mail legislation Tuesday that would allow voters to avoid the polls, but still participate, during the upcoming primaries and general election if they feel unsafe due to the ongoing pandemic. The Senate approved its own …
Read More »New Bedford’s coronavirus cases continue to drop as city approaches 100 COVID-19 deaths
New Bedford health officials reported a recent low of three new COVID-19 cases but did report one additional COVID-19 related death on Tuesday, 12 new deaths since last Friday, raising the total to 97 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported three additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford …
Read More »Hispanic/Latino community account for nearly half of New Bedford’s COVID-19 cases
According to New Bedford health officials, Hispanics/Latinos are 20% of New Bedford’s population but account for 45.5% of the COVID-19 cases in the city. New Bedford’s white population was 67.2% of the city and accounted for 28.1% of the COVID-19 cases. This chart was made available on the City of …
Read More »New Bedford reports six more COVID-19 related deaths since Saturday
New Bedford health officials reported six additional COVID-19 related deaths since Saturday, 11 new deaths since Friday, raising the total to 96 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 20 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Monday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 2,066, …
Read More »Walsh declares racism a public health crisis, transfers $3 million from police to health department
Michael P. Norton State House News Service Boston Mayor Marty Walsh declared racism as a public health crisis Friday and cited COVID-19 numbers in making the announcement. “I want to declare racism to be a public health crisis in the City of Boston,” Walsh said during a press conference outside …
Read More »Two Bristol County Sheriff’s staff members, three inmates test COVID-19 positive since June 4
The two staff members are corrections officers. Both have reported feeling fine and will be away from the facility for a few weeks. In total, 34 staff members have recovered from COVID and returned to duty since the beginning of March while seven, including the two previously mentioned corrections officers, …
Read More »Southcoast hospitals hold service of ‘remembrance, support and renewal of strength
Southcoast Health hosted concurrent events on Thursday at the not-for-profit system’s three hospitals – Charlton Memorial, St. Luke’s and Tobey – to honor those who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and to celebrate those who have survived it. The service for “remembrance, support and renewal of strength” also recognized …
Read More »New Bedford reports two more COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday
New Bedford health officials reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths since Wednesday, raising the total to 85 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 9 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Thursday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 2,020, up from 2,011 on Wednesday. …
Read More »New Bedford distribution of masks for Ward 5 and 6 residents this weekend
Through MaskNB initiative, City of New Bedford offers free masks to all city residents who want them. MaskNB, an initiative announced by Mayor Jon Mitchell in partnership with the Southeastern Massachuestts chapter of the American Red Cross and Joseph Abboud Manufacturing Corporation, will continue mask distribution this weekend, June 13 …
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