Five cities -- Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Fall River and Lowell -- are home to more than 100,000 working-age individuals with disabilities, representing 20 percent of the state's disability population.
A watchdog report sounded the alarm about a range of poor conditions that observers found at Bridgewater State Hospital, including mold contamination, difficulty accessing treatments and allegedly unlawful ways of restraining patients.
With this promotion, Cooper becomes the third female general manager in Triple-A Minor League Baseball, according to a press release issued by the WooSox on Wednesday.
Local unemployment rates throughout Central Massachusetts climbed to begin 2024, although the January figures are still lower than the rate seen at that time last year.Â
Disability advocates are raising the alarm as House Democrats redraft the governor's spending plan, saying that under Healey's budget 6,000 people will lose access to services they need to live at home and maintain their independence.
Councilor Joseph Ferreira, a former police chief, said he still had "a lot of questions" and needed further investigation into potential "unknown ramifications" -- like ones that could pop up if the simple possession charge was coupled with another offense, or was a predicate offense to seek a greater sentence.
While Boston awaits a judge's decision on whether the city can renovate a run-down stadium in a public park to host a professional women's soccer team, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended the idea on Tuesday, claiming that the stadium would still be available for community use over 90 percent of the time.