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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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A Harvard Law School professor is calling for what she calls a "presumptive ban" on homeschooling nationwide. Elizabeth Bartholet, an expert on children's rights and reproductive technology, makes the case in a recent law review article for changing the system in the United States from assuming
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People whose jobs have been affected by coronavirus in New Hampshire are more concerned about social distancing than they are about the economy, according to a recent report. A study conducted by the University of New Hampshire found that of people who had lost their jobs or have seen reduced
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When it comes to knowing how many people have coronavirus and where, Vermont state officials are withholding certain details similar to the way Massachusetts officials did earlier this month. As VTDigger reports, the state is only releasing its coronavirus infections data by county, not town by town as neighboring New
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered all public and private schools in the state closed through the end of the school year. The governor's announcement during a press conference Tuesday, April 21 had been hinted at in recent days.
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Massachusetts could soon have 400 ventilators coming its way from a neighboring state. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters on Sunday, April 19 that his state is ready to send the ventilators to the Bay State, if needed.
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Vice President Mike Pence says that a few states, including two in New England, are past their peak in the coronavirus pandemic. Rhode Island and Connecticut are likely to see better days ahead, the vice president said Sunday, April 19.
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An economist estimates the currently true unemployment rate of Massachusetts at 25.2 percent. William M. Rodgers III, a fellow at The Century Foundation, a left-of-center think tank in New York City, a few weeks ago co-authored an article on the foundation's web site projecting coronavirus-related unemployment rates
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Some 572,562 people filed initial claims for unemployment in Massachusetts between mid-March and the second week of April, according to federal statistics. The state's economy went from virtually full employment in mid-March to an unemployment crisis a week later, as the coronavirus emergency shutdowns began.