Coronavirus

Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced the Senate companion to the Price Gouging Prevention Act, legislation that would prohibit price gouging of consumer goods throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and future emergencies. The legislation, which was first introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressmen Joe …

BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that its COVID-19 text message alert system “AlertsMA” is now available in Spanish. This expansion of the text-alert system means that the same text alerts that are distributed via the English-language system will now be available to Spanish-language users. Users can subscribe to …

“We saw the sun this week! During this crisis, it is humbling to admit that something so routine as a day full of sunshine matters. With the warmer weather and, hopefully, sunnier days ahead we need to keep focused on social distancing. At this point, no one needs a lecture …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported a third COVID-19 related death in New Bedford today. No further details are being released on the death. 119 positive cases of COVID-19 were also reported Friday morning, up from the 102 cases they reported on Thursday and up from 81 on Wednesday. …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 119 positive cases of COVID-19 Friday morning, up from the 102 cases they reported on Thursday and up from 81 on Wednesday. Mayor Mitchell also reported New Bedford’s first two COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday. Dartmouth town officials were notified of their first …

Dartmouth town officials were recently notified of two COVID-19 related deaths. This marks the first two deaths in Dartmouth. Though both of the decedents were listed in High-Risk categories, their names, ages, and genders will not be disclosed out of respect to their individual families. Mayor Mitchell also reported New …

Attention parents and guardians and your kids! Looking for a positive (and socially distant) activity for children whose schools are closed? Want to do some fun with calisthenics based on the bodyweight exercises that Massachusetts State Troopers do? Want some enjoyable physical activity young people can do at their own …

On April 9, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 2,151 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 15,202. This is an increase over Wednesday’s 1,588 reported cases. 70 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported since yesterday bringing the total deaths in Massachusetts to 503. …

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Zoom Communications Inc. requesting information on how the videoconferencing platform is protecting the safety and privacy of students who use its service. The senators’ letter raises concerns about the platform’s security and privacy practices and …

BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced details for the initial implementation of federal unemployment benefits in the CARES Act, the federal based COVID-19 relief package. This federal program, enacted on March 27, 2020, will be administered by states. Today’s announcement reflects the first set of partial guidance that Massachusetts …