Governor Charlie Baker

Bettors and sports fans are eagerly watching the Gaming Commission as it works to get legal sports betting up and running in Massachusetts, but regulators said Thursday that a quirk in the new law has created a big headache that is preventing the commission from laying out a timeline for when legal wagering might actually start here. The sports betting…

The second work week amid the MBTA’s month-long closure of its Orange Line is getting underway Monday, as transit officials assure the public that work is being completed on schedule. The MBTA says it’s about 37% complete with work along the Orange Line, and the agency is expected to stay on deadline. Gov. Charlie Baker said during a media...

With just under 20 days remaining of the Orange Line shutdown remaining, transit officials say everything is going according to plan at this point.

Boston commuters are being urged to plan ahead, with major impacts expected to both train service and roadway traffic.

The governor has signed off on a bill legalizing sports betting, but there are many details to worko ut.

After listening and taking notes while survivors of sexual and domestic violence recounted some of the worst days of their lives and explained the trauma that they deal with to this day because of their experiences with the court system, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker apologized. “I can’t tell you how sorry I am that state government let you down,”...

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision not to seek a third term has sparked a scramble among potential successors in a suddenly wide-open race. And it’s raised questions about the GOP’s future in the state and whether a woman finally will break through one of the last glass ceilings in Massachusetts’ elective politics. Can Republicans find a way to hang on to...

All eyes are on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and whether she’ll run for governor. What would it mean if she entered the race?

Gov. Charlie Baker will spend the first half of this week in Colorado meeting with other Republican governors focused on upcoming elections. After signing the overdue annual state budget on Friday, Baker is traveling Sunday to Aspen for meetings of the Republican Governors Association, with plans to return to Massachusetts on Wednesday afternoon, according to an aide. Baker hasn’t...

The number of candidates running for Massachusetts governor is growing, but Gov. Charlie Baker has not yet said if he will be one of them.

While many are getting vaccinated and cases are going down in the state, the governor stressed that everyone needs to remain vigilant.

The governor said he wanted to wait until he was eligible to get the shot.

Right now, the state is administering about 250,000 doses of vaccine per week.

Massachusetts Expands Vaccine Eligibility

Gov. Charlie Baker is being urged by a coalition of community activists and medical professionals to give the state’s Black and immigrant communities priority access to COVID-19 vaccines. “Our Black and Latino neighbors have been the hardest hit by the pandemic, and we have failed to implement sufficient measures to protect them,” said a letter signed by more than 250…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and his top education advisors urged schools Tuesday not to overreact to the rise in COVID-19 cases this fall, telling even those districts in communities deemed to be at the highest risk for transmission of the virus to stick with in-person learning unless there is evidence of spread within the school system. Education Secretary Jim Peyser…

As Mass. residents anticipate the continuation of the state’s reopening, Gov. Charlie Baker talks about progress in the Commonwealth.

Vice President Mike Pence met briefly Saturday with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic while he visited the famous island getaway of Nantucket to headline a fundraiser for President Donald Trump administration’s reelection campaign.

MIke Pence, who heads the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, praised Gov. Charlie Baker’s efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, which has among the highest death tolls from the virus in the nation, at more than 8,200.

Vice President Mike Pence met briefly Saturday with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic while he visited the famous island getaway of Nantucket to headline a $25,000-ticket fundraiser for President Donald Trump administration’s reelection campaign. Pence, who heads the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, praised Baker’s efforts to control the spread of COVID-19...