Politics

By Matt Murphy State House News Service In an effort to make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible to residents 75 and older, the Baker administration plans to begin this week allowing anyone who accompanies an eligible senior to one of the state’s mass vaccination sites to receive a shot themselves. …

During New Bedford’s emergency parking ban, the New Bedford Police Department issued 1,490 parking tickets totaling $74,500 in fines. The police department also had 83 vehicles towed. During the last parking ban on Jan 31, 2020, 550 parking tickets totaling $27,500 in fines. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell issued a …

By Katie Lannan State House News Service Shops, restaurants, gyms and other businesses will be able to welcome more patrons into their spaces starting Monday after Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday announced he’ll ease the capacity restrictions he imposed in hopes of tamping down COVID-19 spread during the holiday season. …

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will join the United States Senate Committee on Finance in the 117th Congress. She also announced plans to introduce legislation implementing a wealth tax on fortunes over $50 million. The Finance Committee’s jurisdiction covers taxation and revenue policy, including oversight of the Internal Revenue …

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Robinhood regarding the company’s decision to restrict stock trading and impose other limits on its customers during the last week’s fluctuations in GameStop and other stocks. Robinhood abruptly changed the rules for these individual investors with no warning or …

During New Bedford’s emergency parking ban, the New Bedford Police Department issued 550 parking tickets totaling $27,500 in fines. The police department did not tow any vehicles. During the last parking ban on Dec 20, 2020, 621 parking tickets totaling $31,050 in fines and 194 vehicles were towed. New Bedford …

Live with Mayor Mitchell and Police Chief Cordeiro at the South End Public Safety Center, the first new police and fire station to be built in New Bedford in more than fifty years. The new facility will host six municipal functions: fire, police, emergency medical services, emergency management, fire prevention, …

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell released the following statement on the passing of former Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr., who served as Mayor from 1998 to 2006: “I was saddened to learn this morning of the sudden passing of former Mayor Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr., a dedicated public servant and …

Colin A. Young State House News Service Residents who need to buy health insurance will now have until March 23 to get coverage through the Massachusetts Health Connector’s open enrollment period, the Connector announced Friday. Open enrollment was originally scheduled to end Saturday and the Connector said the two-month extension …

By Colin A. Young State House News Service Citing improvements to COVID-19 metrics since the start of the year, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that he will lift the 9:30 p.m. curfew that he imposed in November on restaurants and other businesses, effective Monday. The post-December holiday season spike in …