Charlie Baker

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced this fall 13 Central Massachusetts communities would split $1.25 million in Shared Streets and Spaces emergency grants, in order to make roads more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, part of $10 million handed out statewide.

More than 100 major corporations and higher education institutions wrote to governors Thursday voicing "strong support" for an in-development regional effort to curb transportation greenhouse gas emissions that will raise gasoline prices.

The City of Worcester will not loosen restaurant dining regulations after Gov. Charlie Baker amended the Massachusetts rules, which will otherwise begin Monday.

Vittorio Ettore's Medford restaurant, Bistro 5, was "basically 100 percent empty" at 7:30 p.m. on a Friday when a city official happened to stop in and suggested he needed a patio.

After a small spike in confirmed Worcester County coronavirus cases at the end of July and the start of August, the number of positive tests is again on the decline, falling for the last two weeks.

With Congressional talks hung up and the nation struggling through the COVID-19 crisis, Trump on Saturday signed executive orders dealing with protections for renters, payroll taxes, college loans and enhanced unemployment benefits that he said would "take care of, pretty much, this entire situation."

The second part of the Phase Three of the Massachusetts economic reopening plan has been suspended indefinitely, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Friday, along with a slew of other changes intended to stop the spread of COVID-19, as cases and related deaths have slowly begun to increase.

With cases of COVID-19 on a slight upswing across Massachusetts and state officials trying to get a clearer picture of coronavirus activity in the state, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday that his administration is making free, widespread testing available in eight more communities showing concerning signs.

Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged Thursday he needs to make a decision "soon" on whether to extend a temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures, but did not indicate which way he's leaning, as he announced another $20 million in funding for homelessness prevention and other community aid.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday urged members of the high-tech field to continue using their resources to combat COVID-19.