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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 ©2021 THE REPUBLICAN CO. | $1.50 Subscribe DERBY POST POSITIONS TODAY! Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning-line favorite and will start Call... from the No. 14 post for Saturday’s 147th Kentucky Derby. Page B3 1-413-788-1100 TODAY’S BOSTON MUST-READS BOSTON COVID restrictions’ days are numbered High schools ger-term updates to the state’s reopening timeline. unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. get reopening Bars reopen May 29; “The light at the end of the tunnel, thanks to the In about two weeks, on May 10, large venues like hard work of so many, is getting closer, and we can stadiums can boost capacity from 12% to 25%, and deadline start to look ahead with real optimism for the path amusement parks that submit safety plans to the fall fairs can resume forward,” Baker said. state can reopen at 50% capacity. Road races and Massachusetts education of- Effective Friday, Massachusetts will relax its singing at indoor venues will be permitted with ficials on Tuesday announced By Katie Lannan outdoor mask mandate to require face coverings precautions in place. that school districts in the State House News Service outside only when it is not possible to socially More restrictions are set to ease Memorial Day state will be required to offer More than a year into the COVID-19 restrictions distance and when masks are otherwise required weekend, and Baker’s office said those changes are five days a week of in-person that have reshaped much of public life, Massachu- by sector-specific guidance. Masks will still be “subject to public health and vaccination data.” On learning at high schools by setts now has a target date for when its business required at indoor public places, and at indoor and May 29, gathering limits are slated to increase to May 17. and capacity limits could be lifted: Aug. 1. outdoor events. 200 people indoors and 250 outdoors; street festi- This spring, as COVID-19 That date could come earlier depending on key Also Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease vals, parades and agricultural festivals can return health metrics have continued public health metrics around vaccination, hospital- Control and Prevention eased its guidelines on the at half-capacity; and bars, beer gardens, breweries, to improve, the state has been izations and case counts, Gov. Charlie Baker said wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated wineries and distilleries can reopen subject to the requiring districts to shift Tuesday as he detailed a suite of short- and lon- Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore SEE COVID, PAGE A2 from using remote and hybrid learning models and go back to fully in-person learning. Full story on Page A6 WASHINGTON AMHERST Neal bill Poll finds split in attitudes would aid about siege Three months after the workers deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building, a University Proposal expands of Massachusetts Amherst and WCVB poll released yes- access to medical terday found that, although most Americans blame for- leave, child care mer President Donald Trump for the violence, Republicans By Jim Kinney are more likely to hold Demo- [email protected] crats responsible. A proposal unveiled Tuesday Full story on Page A3 by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal for universal paid family and medical leave, guaranteed access to child care and for the child-tax credit to SPRINGFIELD be made permanent offers a path back from the lingering economic City’s top assessor troubles of the coronavirus pan- retires after SPRINGFIELD demic, the congressman said in an interview. nearly 39 years ‘CARnival’ parade “I think that the pandemic alerted us to the new realities of Richard J. Allen, longtime Paradegoers have their photo taken during the “CARnival” workforce participation,” Neal, chairman of the Board of As- Drive-Through Parade for Springfield seniors at the Raymond D-Springfield, said amid a nation- sessors in Springfield, retired A. Jordan Senior Center. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) al rollout of his proposal, called recently, culminating nearly the Economy for Families Act. 39 years of employment with “At the same time we still have the city. lost 8 million jobs that have not Allen, of Springfield, retired returned. Four million people who effective April 21, according were looking for work and are not to the mayor’s office. A review looking for work.” is underway to fill Allen’s position. Full story on Page B2 “It’s not Above, Pam Laforte gets a balloon animal just the while participating in the “CARnival” Drive- Through Parade. The parade featured clowns, road we WEATHER carnival games, balloon animals and more, pave that all enjoyed from the comfort of a car. At right, gets us Few showers, afternoon Eliana Gutierrez spins the prize wheel during thunderstorms. the event. She made the ring master costume to work. 76°; 53° she is wearing. See more photos at MassLive. It’s the child care that High: Low: com. The Republican - 04/28/2021(DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) Page : A01 EXPANDED WEATHER, A8 keeps us confidently at work.” U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal HOLYOKE Neal’s plan was released a day %5,1* before President Joe Biden’s ad- dress to Congress tonight. 7+(',1* Formerly homeless, HCC alum Elements of the proposal involving child care and support for those caring for sick fami- advising Biden’s Census Bureau ly members were designed to AUTO BODY address a phenomenon reported to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. by employers around the country: UMass, Georgetown law degrees “It was very cool,” Maury said. they’re hiring, but they’re not get- For many assuming coveted posts with ting the applicants they need. helped land White House position the new administration, the day may Many have blamed extended INDEX have been a dream come true. For Maury, unemployment benefits passed yb By Laurie Loisel A5 A7 it represented something else entirely. Congress through the CARES Act Business Obituaries Special to The Republican “It was pretty shocking to me. As a authored by Neal last year, which Classified B5 Opinion A4 B6 B8 Hours after President Joe Biden’s inau- person who is formerly homeless, who continued via the American Res- Comics Puzzles guration, he told nearly 1,000 new White was a heroin addict, you just don’t expect cue Plan passed in March. Dear Abby B8 Sports B3 B1 B2 House staff and political appointees, “We to be recruited to work for the White “I don’t agree with all of it. I Health Television work for the people.” This was a pandem- House,” said Maury, who uses they/them suspect it might be some of it,” ic-era ceremony in which faces appeared pronouns. “It was surreal.” Neal, chairman of the House in small boxes on several large screens in The last few weeks have been a busy Committee on Ways and Means, the State Dining Room. time for Maury as the Census Bureau was said Tuesday when asked if more Meghan Maury, a 2004 Holyoke Com- preparing the first batch of new data from generous unemployment benefits munity College graduate, was among the 2020 Census. The first set, released were to blame. Those benefits those whose faces graced the screens Monday, provided state population totals will run out in September. He said Meghan Maury that day, taking an oath as senior adviser SEE CENSUS, PAGE B2 SEE NEAL, PAGE A3 April 28, 2021 7:20 am (GMT -4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA %%SATFOL-%%3MONTH%%2DATE B2 | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 The Republican - 04/28/2021 HEALTH & NEWS THE REPUBLICANPage | MASSLIVE.COM : B02 SPRINGFIELD something.” She still remem- experience homelessness, Census bers Maury’s research paper, it changed the tenor of the CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 “Radical Action: A Necessary conversation.” City’s top Reaction,” which examined Work like that captured that will be used to reappor- the historical moments that the attention of the Biden tion seats in the U.S. House of produced the Black Panther transition team, which earned assessor Representatives. Party, ACT-UP and the Envi- Maury a seat at the table as “I’m excited as a nerd, but ronmental Liberation Front, the administration consulted I’m also excited as a big fan asserting that radical action with advocates for various retires of democracy,” Maury said is a viable form of dissent in constituencies. during a recent interview. response to what groups per- And then Maury was invited By Peter Goonan For now, with the pandemic ceive as a mortal threat. to apply for a position. At the [email protected] requiring remote work, Maury “The proposal for that paper very first interview, Maury Richard J. Allen, longtime has remained in Brooklyn, seemed to be a blueprint disclosed their criminal record chairman of the Board of As- New York, with fiancée for a life,” said Hicks. “That as a teenager, wanting to avoid sessors in Springfield, retired Rebecca Fox. But soon the Meghan is now in a place of wasting anyone’s time if that recently, culminating nearly couple expects to move to the being able to influence policy proved a deal-breaker. The re- 39 years of employment with D.C. area so Maury can report and create policy on a national sponse was a huge relief: “The the city. to the office at the U.S. Census stage is just amazing and so folks doing the interview said Allen, of Springfield, retired Bureau in Suitland, Maryland. inspiring to me.” that is not a barrier.” effective April 21, according to Seventeen years ago, Maury, After law school, Maury As senior adviser to the Cen- the mayor’s office.

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