Boston Globe (January 31)
“It’s almost as if Massachusetts has too many biotechs.” With a “surplus of startups,” reflecting “investors’ desire to pour more money into the world’s leading biotech hub,” the pipeline of qualified workers simply “can’t keep up with the burgeoning demand.” The talent shortage may “inhibit growth” and could “affect the quality of work.”
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Star-Ledger (September 23)
“Facing a lack of bus drivers at the start of the academic year, school districts around the state are dangling incentives that include higher pay for commercial drivers and ‘parent contracts’ worth $1,000 for residents to transport their kids to school in their own cars. The issue extends beyond the state’s borders. In Massachusetts, the governor activated 250 members of the National Guard to get behind the wheel of school transport vans.”
Tags: Bus drivers, Commercial drivers, Higher pay, Incentives, Lack, Massachusetts, National Guard, Parent contracts, Residents, School districts, Transport
Boston Globe (June 7)
“There are now twice as many nights when temperatures don’t drop below 70 degrees” in Boston and the heat will get worse “even under best-case scenarios for global warming.” At the end of the last century, “from 1971-2000, Massachusetts logged an average of four days above 90 degrees” per year. Looking ahead, annual 90-degree scorchers are projected to range from 10 to 28 days by mid-century, before reaching 13 to 56 days by 2099.
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Boston Globe (October 23)
In yet “another ominous virus sign,” confirmed new COVID-19 cases “in Massachusetts jumped by 986 Thursday—the highest count of new cases in nearly five months—as more than 20 percent of the state’s cities and towns were designated high-risk for the virus.”
Boston Globe (July 13)
Lucky for Massachusetts’ rivers that this summer’s wet. Many go dry in August because of unreasonable demands made on them by cities and residents. The Globe urges lawmakers to pass the Sustainable Water Resources Act which would restrict the amount of water that can be removed from rivers, keeping them at safe levels for the fish and other aquatic denizens, as well as humans.
Lucky for Massachusetts’ rivers that this summer’s wet. Many go dry in August because of unreasonable demands made on them by cities and residents. The Globe urges lawmakers to pass the Sustainable Water Resources Act which would restrict the amount of water that can be removed from rivers, keeping them at safe levels for the fish and other aquatic denizens, as well as humans.
Tags: Massachusetts, Rivers, Sustainability, U.S., Water