"Restaurants that have been serving patrons on patios and sidewalks for the past two weeks will be able to welcome diners indoors beginning Monday as Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that he was triggering the next stage of his economic reopening plan.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
In the midst of a heat wave, no less.
Baker, at a State House press conference, also said offices would be able to bring back to work more employees and increase their capacity from one quarter to 50% of their workforce. And close-contact personal services offered at nail salons, massage and tattoo parlors and personal training can resume on June 22.
The progress through the phases of the Baker’s administration’s reopening strategy comes as Massachusetts has continued to see downward trends in hospitalizations, which are now under 1,000, and positive test rates, which have fallen to 2.3%."
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200620/baker-reopening-massachusetts-is-working/1
Additional info on the re-opening Part 2, Phase II
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/06/reopening-massachusetts-baker-polito.html
"With the state’s finances in disarray and the COVID-19 pandemic making it extremely difficult to predict the next 12 months, Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday filed a $5.25 billion interim spending bill that would keep government running beyond June 30 through July.
The new fiscal year is set to begin in less than two weeks, but neither the House nor the Senate have produced an annual spending proposal as they wait to gauge how severely the pandemic-caused recession will erode state tax revenues, and how slowly or quickly the economy might rebound.
House and Senate leaders have not laid out a timeline yet for completion of a budget for the full fiscal year, but Baker said the money that would be authorized in the temporary budget would be sufficient to cover government operations through July."
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https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200620/baker-seeks-525b-interim-state-budget
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