Charlie Baker

Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Tuesday announced $2.3 million in grants to the City of Worcester, which will go toward the redevelopment of the former Table Talk Pies site near the Polar Park baseball stadium and a Worcester Housing Authority reconstruction project.

Protesters have chained themselves to boats in front of Gov. Charlie Baker's home to demonstrate support for climate change action. An anti-addiction activist dumped hypodermic needles outside the governor's Swampscott residence. And far-right activists routinely protested the governor's COVID-19 restrictions within shouting distance of his front door.

The City of Gardner received a $4.1-million grant from the state’s MassWorks program to revitalize its Main Street, according to a Monday press release from Mayor Michael Nicholson.

The City of Marlborough received a $3-million grant from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration to support 180 new housing units and 5,000 square feet of retail, among other Main Street upgrades.

The Town of Bolton was granted $938,000 by Massachusetts to design and construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Main Street, Forbush Mill Road, and Green Road by Nashoba Regional High School, according to a Wednesday press release from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

The Town of Sturbridge was one of eight municipalities in the state to receive funding from a $1.15-million grant allotted by the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration for waterway pollution control, according to a Tuesday press release from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced sweeping legislation Wednesday to reshape the way Massachusetts procures offshore wind power, proposing to use $750 million in federal stimulus funds to establish a clean energy investment fund and jettisoning the requirement that each project carries a lower price than the one that came before it.

More than three months after the MBTA's previous board expired, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday brought its successor fully into existence by announcing appointees to the transportation authority's board of directors.

Massachusetts’ federal rental assistance program reached a distribution milestone on Friday, making the state eligible for greater allocation of funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The House and Senate on Monday passed legislation extending the state's COVID-19 emergency paid leave program, which is currently scheduled to expire on Thursday. Under the bill (H 4127), which also speaks to a public education campaign to promote the program's availability, the program would be extended until April 1, 2022.