When the Massachusetts Legislature’s COVID-19 and Emergency Management and Preparedness Committee holds its vaccine rollout oversight hearing on Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker will take the floor first. The hearing’s schedule was released Wednesday, and shows that Baker will be the first to testify at 11 a.m., followed by Tiffany Tate, the executive director of company that runs PrepMod. PrepMod is.
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Finance chiefs are fine-tuning the way they draft their annual spending plans, opting for more frequent check-ins to review and authorize costs throughout the year after the coronavirus pandemic rendered their 2020 budgets virtually obsolete.
The pandemic revealed shortfalls in companies’ financial planning last year after government lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 upended revenue projections and forced companies to rescind guidance.
The impact of the virus varies across industries, lifting profits at grocery chains and makers of cleaning supplies while causing ongoing financial pain for retail, travel and hospitality businesses.
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Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday urged residents to be patient with the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Massachusetts amid growing frustration over the state s vaccination sign-up process.
Saying the process would remain difficult until a steadier stream of doses arrives from the federal government, Baker said eligible residents should be ready to visit the state website several times as they attempt to set up an appointment. We expect that by the start of Phase 2 there will be a large number of residents trying secure a limited number of appointments, Baker said during a press conference. If you can t secure an appointment right away, you need to be patient about that. We understand the difficulty that s attached to that, but keep checking the website.