COVID-19 Travel Order | Mass.gov

Effective August 1, 2020, all visitors and returning residents entering Massachusetts must follow new travel orders. The Commonwealth has made great progress to slow the spread of COVID-19 and gradually re-open the economy, and all visitors have a responsibility to help us keep transmission levels as low as possible. — Read on http://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-travel-order

Baker-Polito Administration Launches #MaskUpMA, Reminding Residents To Wear Face-Coverings To Stop COVID-19 Spread | Mass.gov

The Baker-Polito Administration today launched #MaskUpMA, an effort to continue to remind residents to wear masks and face-coverings in public to stop the spread of COVID-19. The effort will underscore the importance of wearing masks across multiple channels including video testimonials on social media, a new PSA, and a website, Mass.Gov/MaskUp. Governor Baker and Lt. …

Cannabis Control Commission Public Hearing Speaker Sign-Up Form – Formstack

The Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) will host a virtual public hearing on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 10 a.m., to receive public comment on the promulgation of revised medical- and adult-use of marijuana regulations, as well as the potential elimination of the colocated adult-use and medical-use of marijuana regulations. Complete the request form below if …

Dear family members-turned-office mates: Please read the updated HR handbook – The Boston Globe

It’s looking ever more certain that we’ll all be working from home, and going to college and kindergarten from here, and eating every meal onsite, and vacationing and exercising in place, too, until Q1 2021 at least. — Read on http://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/29/nation/thank-you-reading-updated-human-resources-handbook/

As Mass. eviction ban heads to court, it’s attracting attention nationwide – The Boston Globe

Chicago and Los Angeles are among the cities opposing an effort to overturn Gov. Charlie Baker’s freeze during the pandemic. — Read on http://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/29/business/mass-eviction-ban-heads-court-its-attracting-attention-nationwide/

Spending bill includes protections for Mashpee tribe – News – The Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, MA – Taunton, MA

WASHINGTON — The House passed a spending bill Friday that includes an amendment to protect the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and its reservation land. The amendment approved as part of the measure, a package of four fiscal 2021 appropriations bills, will protect the tribe from “endless litigation” and will fully recognize its tribal lands without interference …