St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston canceled for 2nd year in a row due to COVID risks
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Flags hang from floats during the South Boston St. Patrick s Day Parade on March 17, 2019. (MassLive Photo/Matt Frazer)Matt Frazer
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South Boston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade was officially canceled Tuesday for a second year in a row due to risks surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council announced over social media the parade, scheduled for March 17, will not be held this year because of state restrictions limiting outdoor public events to a maximum 25 people.
THE HOUSE AND SENATE
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021.
OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179)
House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consent.
“I strongly support a woman’s right to access reproductive health care, and many provisions of this bill,” said Baker in a letter that accompanied his veto. “I support, for example, the provision that would enable a woman to access an abortion where the child would not survive after birth, and the modifications to the judicial bypass process that make it more accessible to minors who are unable to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian. I also support the changes that elimina