Effective 29 May 2021, most of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted and its face covering order will be rescinded and replaced with a face covering advisory consistent with the...more
On April 27, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a timetable for reopening (or increasing capacity) of businesses starting on May 10, with additional easing of restrictions planned for May 29 and August 1....more
Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10, 2021, and put plans in place for further reopenings on May 29 and August 1, Governor Charlie Baker has announced. The City of Boston will...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced the state will advance to Step 1 of Phase IV of its COVID-19 Reopening Plan on March 22, 2021. At that time, the state will enforce a scaled back Travel Advisory...more
Governor Charlie Baker has announced that Massachusetts would advance to Step 2 of Phase III of the state’s reopening plan on March 1, 2021, relaxing restrictions on most indoor gatherings. The City of Boston will move...more
In response to declining COVID-19 transmission rates and the continuing vaccine rollout, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that, beginning March 1, the Commonwealth will begin advancing into the second step of...more
December 23, 2020 On December 22, 2020, in response to the escalating concerns about the potential of a post-Christmas COVID-19 surge like that experienced after Thanksgiving, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued...more
To slow the spread of COVID-19 and to avoid overwhelming Massachusetts hospitals, Governor Charlie Baker ordered (No. 59) further limitations on capacity at gatherings, events, and workplaces. These restrictions are effective...more
Citing significant increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases, positive COVID-19 tests, and hospitalizations for COVID-19, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has issued orders rolling back Massachusetts business reopenings and...more
Earlier this week, Governor Baker announced new measures that go into effect first thing tomorrow morning (Nov. 6) in an effort to curb the rising COVID-19 cases in the Commonwealth. Governor Baker noted that the new measures...more
On November 2, 2020, in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued several new measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across the state. The measures go into effect at 12:01am...more
New Massachusetts Executive Orders going into effect at 12:01 a.m. on November 6, 2020, contain “targeted interventions” designed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. The interventions are aimed mainly at reducing the number of...more
In response to the statewide increase in COVID-19 transmission, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that he would be pausing some reopening measures and reimposing some restrictions. He issued Order 46,...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently issued Order 43, moving Massachusetts into Phase 3 of the Commonwealth's four-phased Reopening Plan. Phase 3, like prior phases, has two steps, with Step 1 of Phase 3 taking...more