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Mass Gov. Baker will announce more details on phase two reopening on Saturday.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s provides a COVID-19 update as he tours Symmons Industries in Braintree.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker describes plans to improve MBTA and reminds residents to wear a face covering while using public trasit.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that the Boston Hope Medical Center will no longer accept new COVID-19 patients with the surge “behind us.”

Houses of worship across Massachusetts opened Sunday for the first time in months, but parishoners found very different places than the ones they left in March. As the state moves cautiously to resume some activities amid the global coronavirus pandemic, some — though not all — churches reopened with restrictions in place on Sunday. Attendees were told to wear face…

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera send message to residents in a COVID-19 update.

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Gov. Charlie Baker was right when he predicted not everyone would be happy with plans to reopen the Massachusetts economy. Owners of small businesses around the state, concerned about their livelihoods amid the coronavirus pandemic, are saying Baker’s incremental approach to restarting the economy could put them out of business. In particular, restaurant owners — still restricted to pickup and…

Memorial Day weekend traditionally kicks off the summer season on Cape Cod, but this year things will be very different. Some local business owners are unhappy to hear that hotels and restaurants will remain closed for at least another three weeks statewide, since the industries are part of the second phase in Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan. Baker on...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday outlined a phased-in approach to gradually restart the Massachusetts economy, which was largely shuttered nearly two months ago as the state ramped up its fight against the coronavirus which has claimed nearly 5,800 lives in the state. Baker said everyone must continue practicing proper hygiene, maintaining social distancing, and using facial coverings in public places…

Massachusetts is currently in the first of a four-phased reopening plan, unveiled by Gov. Charlie Baker Monday.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday unveiled Massachusetts’ long-awaited reopening plan, saying manufacturing and construction businesses, along with places of worship, could reopen immediately with strict social-distancing restrictions in place. Under the plan, unveiled by Baker in a news conference, lab and office spaces, along with a limited number of services businesses such as hair salons, pet groomers and car washes,…

Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to give more detail on his plan to reopen the Massachusetts economy amid the coronavirus crisis, starting with houses of worship, manufacturing and construction companies.

The pastor of the Adams Square Baptist Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, says he has reached an agreement with the city and state that will keep him from being fined or arrested for holding a “small, safe” service Sunday. Rev. Kristopher Casey filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Charlie Baker and Worcester city officials after being fined $300 for holding in-person...

Gov. Baker provides a COVID-19 update on testing, working to get Mass. to a ‘new normal.’

Taking steps to reopen Massachusetts’ economy next week could lead to new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, a group of scientists told the Boston Globe. Experts fear a broad reopening would create a second wave of infections, hospitalizations and death, according to the Globe, and question whether the state has all the necessary tools to test and trace new...

Scientists fear a broad reopening of Massachusetts would create a second wave of infections, hospitalizations and death, according to the Boston Globe, and question whether the state has all the necessary tools to test and trace new outbreaks.

In a COVID-19 update, Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces a 4-phased plan to reopen the economy.