A month into the outbreak here, the state CDC still is unable to post daily testing counts and other information.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: Race, privilege and toilet duty: Life at Harvard for a black freshman in 1959
In ‘The Last Negroes at Harvard,’ Kent Garrett recalls his undergraduate days, and not fondly.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
In Massachusetts, 250 remain in coronavirus quarantine
The governor and others stress the state’s stepped-up measures are precautionary and that the risk of contracting the virus in Massachusetts remains low.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Gas utility to pay $53 million for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Pipeline Safety Act in connection with the explosions that rocked three communities in the Merrimack Valley, north of Boston, in 2018.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England, News
Massachusetts sues Juul over e-cigarette marketing tactics
Attorney General Maura Healey’s office said the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker is responsible for ‘creating a youth vaping epidemic’ with deceptive advertising tactics designed to lure in teen users.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts woman who pressured boyfriend to kill himself will remain in prison
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a woman who’s serving a 15-month sentence for her role in the 2014 death of her boyfriend.
Posted inBusiness
Harvard Pilgrim plans to merge with Tufts Health Plan
The combined health insurance provider would serve nearly 2.4 million members in New England.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Support for Central Maine Power transmission line is misguided
A recent editorial in favor of the project fails to grasp what it would do to a globally significant forest region.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorials endorsing CMP plan overlook its many risks
Hydro-Quebec’s pact with the utility will cheat Maine ratepayers and plunder the state’s wild lands.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Climate is top concern in CMP powerline case
Gov. Mills is right to sign on to a deal that brings low-emission electricity to the region.