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RTAs in gateway cities are a lifeline for residents who are younger, of color and who have to make ends meet on low wages. The majority of gateway city residents support low-income and free fares for buses, regardless of whether they rely on transit. commonwealthmagazine.org/news-analysis/getting-gateway-cities-back-on-the-bus/ #MobilityEquity #publictransportation
Getting Gateway Cities back on the bus - CommonWealth Magazine
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MUCH OF THE FOCUS on public transportation in Massachusetts during COVID has been on service cuts at the MBTA, but the Regional Transit Authorities serving the state’s Gateway Cities and surrounding communities have also been struggling with declines in ridership since the start of the pandemic. A...Good news! President Joe Biden has signed “an extension of the eviction moratorium for renters who have fallen behind on their bills due to unemployment or reduced wages during the pandemic. The order asks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to extend the federal eviction moratorium…through at least March 31.” www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/biden-plan-eviction-moratorium-rent-relief/ #healthequity #Covid19
Biden Signs Executive Order to Extend Eviction Moratorium. Is More Rent Relief Next?
Mere hours after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, he signed a slew of executive orders in response to the continuing Covid-19 crisis. Among them was an extension of the eviction moratorium for renters who have fallen behind on their bills due to unemployment or reduced wagesDisappointing news today that Gov. Charlie Baker has vetoed last session’s #climatejustice bill! We urge the Legislature, House Speaker State Representative Ron Mariano & Senate President Karen E. Spilka to refile this landmark legislation and bring it to a vote as soon as possible! #mapoli www.masslive.com/politics/2021/01/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-vetoes-climate-bill-that-sets-c...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes climate bill
The sweeping climate bill would have set new targets to make carbon emissions decrease drastically by 2050.What does the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines mean for our students, public schools and colleges? Join infectious disease experts, public health professionals, community leaders and educators for an update on the pandemic and our public schools with a deep dive into the topic of vaccines. What is involved in getting the vaccines to educators in Massachusetts? What can educators do through their unions to shape local distribution plans? How and where will vaccines be distributed? Will the vaccines allow us to return to life as we knew it prior to the pandemic?
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This was very informative, thank you again!
In response to questions about funding of surveillance testing, DESE will pay for staffing for the first 6 weeks to help with the program. After that, the new federal funds can be used. MTA will be putting out a spreadsheet with the federal funds each school district will receive.
Superintendents have have to opt-in to surveillance testing. Each local union should work with superintendents to get the paperwork in by the deadline, which is tomorrow, Jan. 15.
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To participate, go to www.menti.com and use the code 79 94 43 9.
To participate, go to www.menti.com and use the code 79 94 43 9.
To participate, go to www.menti.com and use the code 79 94 43 9.
A strong state response requires better engagement of local health leaders with boots on the ground. We hope and expect that Governor Charlie Baker and the COVID-19 Command Center will invest more in listening to local health leaders in the months ahead. #PublicHealthMatters www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/local-leaders-say-state-leaving-them-dark-about-vaccination...
RTAs in @Gatewaycities are a lifeline for residents who are younger, of color & who have to make ends meet on low wages. The majority of Gateway City residents support low income & free fares for buses, regardless of whether they rely on transit.
Getting Gateway Cities back on the bus - CommonWealth Magazine
MUCH OF THE FOCUS on public transportation in Massachusetts during COVID has been on service cuts at the MBTA, but the Regional Transit Authorities se...
commonwealthmagazine.org
The bottom line: there should be no non-emergency #evictions in a deadly pandemic. Evictions put families & the public in extreme danger. Without directly pausing evictions w/ a universal, automatic #EvictionMoratorium, banning all phases of the process, the crisis will continue.
Would like to hear @MassGovernor's plan on how MA is preparing for the B117 variant to become the predominant strain in the weeks ahead - and likelihood that spread will accelerate significantly. @ErinTiernan @deehan @stephmsolis @katielannan https://twitter.com/stephmsolis/status/1352334067249909764
"Vaccines are reaching residents, positive case rates have stabilized. Those trends are moving in the right direction," he said. "As a result, we believe it's ok and it's time to start gradually easing on the restrictions we put in place."
❗️Today, @JoeBiden will sign an EO asking CDC Director to extend the eviction moratorium through March and work w/Congress to further extend it through Sept. After the CDC Director extends it, she will seek input on needed improvements to the moratorium. 1/
Sadly and tragically, just as true here in MA as elsewhere in the country... https://twitter.com/RepJackLewis/status/1351640743782346753
"Around the country, health officials who had been steering their communities through the crisis were increasingly facing harassment, dwindling resources and political battles that left them exhausted."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/covid-deaths-2020.html