Charlie Baker

Jamey Tesler, who has been serving as acting state transportation secretary of Massachusetts since January, will remain in the position on a permanent basis, the Baker administration announced Tuesday. Gov. Charlie Baker officially appointed Tesler as transportation secretary, dropping the “acting” portion of his title six months after he started the job and with about a year and a half…

Gov. Charlie Baker sat down face-to-face with the House speaker and the Senate president for the first time in over a year on Monday, but had no more luck in person than he’s had virtually in trying to convince Democratic leaders that a two-month sales tax holiday and rapid deployment of federal aid are needed. Baker, Speaker Ron Mariano...

Rachael Rollins, who has pushed for progressive criminal justice reforms as the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney in Massachusetts, is being nominated by President Joe Biden to become the state’s top federal prosecutor. Rollins, who has led the Suffolk County district attorney’s office since 2019, would become the first Black woman to serve as...

President Joe Biden has nominated Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins to be U.S. attorney; she would be the first Black woman to serve in that capacity in Massachusetts.

Monday is the first drawing in the Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway, and millions of people are in the running for 10 big prizes.

Over 2 million people in Massachusetts have signed up for a chance to win either the $1 million prize or the $300,000 college scholarship from the state, officials said.

Thursday was the first deadline for Massachusetts’ VaxMillions giveaway, and millions of people are in the running for 10 big prizes — the first of which will be announced next week.

With increasing hospitalizations and mounting COVID-19 case numbers prompted by the Delta variant, municipalities across the country have re-imposed mask mandates and other public health mitigations. Local leaders in at least five states, including California and Nevada, have reinstated mask requirements, issued facial covering recommendations or threatened the return of strict public health limits for all residents. On a national...

Boston public school students will be required to wear masks in the fall, Mayor Kim Janey said, despite statewide guidance that allows children to learn mask-free in Massachusetts. “Many of our children are not eligible to receive a vaccine. The mask is the best protection,” Boston Mayor Kim Janey said at a news conference Thursday. “Children are currently wearing masks…

Boston public school students will be required to wear masks in the fall, Mayor Kim Janey said Thursday, despite statewide guidance that allows children to learn mask-free in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says there is no plan to roll back COVID-19 restrictions statewide, but Boston Mayor Kim Janey said children will have to wear masks in the city’s schools this fall.

A new poll shows a majority of Massachusetts residents support bringing back happy hour. Mothers Against Drunk Driving won’t stand in the way, but Gov. Charlie Baker said he would be hard-pressed to support changing the law. The TEN takes a look at why the hour of discounted drinks was banned in the Bay State and the uphill battle its...

Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that he has no plans to bring back coronavirus restrictions in Massachusetts as two communities on Cape Cod have issued mask advisories amid a spike in cases. “We’re not looking at changing any of our existing rules or policies,” Baker said. “We have a set of statewide standards and they’re based on what we...

Gov. Charlie Baker says he has no plans for pandemic restrictions to return to Massachusetts.

Gov. Charlie Baker discussed the rise in COVID cases in Massachusetts, saying he does not plan on bringing back any restrictions.

Massachusetts lawmakers started a real-life version of the “what would you do if you won the lottery” game Tuesday, except in this case the windfall is not hypothetical and is already sitting in the state’s coffers. Massachusetts received about $5.3 billion in American Rescue Plan Act money from the federal government more than two months ago and, until Tuesday, most…

Massachusetts will use $186 million in federal aid for the coronavirus pandemic to help struggling hospitals, bolster the local health care workforce and invest in workforce training efforts, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday. The governor said $55 million will go towards health and human services’ workforce development, another $50 million for hospitals facing major financial shortfalls, $31 million for…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget into law Friday afternoon, his office announced, vetoing $7.9 million in gross spending and an outside section that would delay implementation of a charitable giving tax deduction approved by voters in 2000. State lawmakers unanimously passed a $48.1 billion spending bill on July 9, approving a House-Senate deal that…

COVID-19 cases are rising again in Massachusetts, which has some health professionals expressing concern. State health officials reported another 236 confirmed coronavirus cases — the most cases in a single day since early June — and four new deaths on Thursday. The last time Massachusetts reported more than 236 new cases in one day was on June 3. The state’s COVID…

Massachusetts employers added 9,400 jobs in June as the statewide unemployment rate dropped under 5%, a milestone that was hit due to a substantial revision to figures reported last month, labor officials announced Friday. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics originally announced Massachusetts had a May unemployment rate of 6.1%, but on Friday the office revised that figure down to…