On February 23, a press conference hosted by the Driving Families Forward coalition showed how the Work and Family Mobility Act, which would allow immigrants without status to qualify for a Massachusetts Standard Drivers’ License, is now positioned to pass and finally become law, not despite Covid, but in part, because of it.
Entitled “The Work and Family Mobility Act,” the bill advanced further in the State House last year than ever before. Unfortunately, after it passed the Transportation Committee for the first time, Covid put the brakes on the legislation, along with just about everything else. Now, the recently reintroduced bill has already garnered over 60 cosponsors, and the coalition behind it, Driving Families Forward, has grown to include almost 250 civic leaders and organizations.
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FRAMINGHAM Sam Wong, director of the city s Department of Public Health for three-and-a-half years, and who guided the local response during much of COVID-19 pandemic, is resigning today, city officials say.
Wong had been on leave since Jan. 1, citing health reasons. He officially submitted his resignation on Wednesday, officials said in a press release.
“When I joined Framingham in August 2017, I came in at a time when the Department needed a complete overhaul,” Wong said in a statement. “I’m proud of the team and Department that I have built and believe I’m leaving the City in capable hands.”
FRAMINGHAM This Saturday’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic for residents 75 and older is postponed due to the effect of this week’s winter storms on vaccine delivery.
City officials announced Wednesday that there is no guarantee that a shipment of Moderna vaccine will arrive in time to safely prepare for the clinic, which had been scheduled for Saturday at Joseph Keefe Technical High School.
Registration for the next clinic will be announced after a shipment of doses is confirmed and safely prepared for use.
Two hundred and ninety-nine doses of Moderna vaccine were administered during last Saturday’s clinic at Keefe, said Mayor Yvonne Spicer during Tuesday night’s Community Hour on Zoom. All doses were given to Framingham residents 75 years of age and older.
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