Charlie Baker

Baker to file bill authorizing pro sports betting

Baker to file bill authorizing pro sports betting

Proposal would also tax daily fantasy sports contests

By Bruce Mohl Casinos, Charlie Baker, Taxes and Budget Issues 0 Comments Jan 17, 2019

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said he plans to file legislation that would authorize the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to oversee the development of betting on professional sports and assess a 12.5 percent tax rate on daily fantasy sports contests. In a press release, Baker said the commission would be authorized to grant sport wagering licenses to existing(...)

Baker names legal aide to head Gaming Commission

Judd-Stein to replace Stephen Crosby on Feb. 4

Baker: My hands were tied on compressor station

Lawmakers, mayors pound governor over approval of Weymouth gas project

Baker lets flame retardant bill die

House passed measure Dec. 28, too late for amendments

Superintendents spotlight ed funding formula flaws

Say they can’t keep cutting to offset rising, uncovered costs

Superintendents spotlight ed funding formula flaws

CommonWealth Staff

Baker facing pressure on flame retardant bill

Democrats urge him to sign legislation; industry seeks veto

Baker signs National Grid legislation

New law extends unemployment benefits of locked-out workers

National Grid, union fail to reach agreement

As self-imposed deadline passes, utility makes revised offer

Lawmaker salaries going up 5.9%

Baker will accept $250,000 pay package he originally opposed

Baker in no rush on Grid bill

Looking for compromise to end lockout

House, Senate at odds on Grid legislation

Senate Oks extension of benefits, no response in House

Baker backs more worker benefits if Grid lockout doesn’t end soon

DPU offers to lift moratorium on utility work – with big conditions

Ash aide moves up to take his job

Kennealy takes over as secretary of housing, economic development

Mass. joins regional bid to price transportation carbon

Revenues from fuel permits would be used to reduce emissions

Decision time near on Cape bridges

Pollack says state backs new, six-lane structures

Commission report focuses on congestion, climate change

Electric vehicles, carbon fees, tolling among recommendations

Ramirez out, Poftak in as T general manager

Separation agreement calls for ex-GM to receive about $152,400

For GOP, is the lesson be more like Charlie?

Everywhere else you look in state GOP, it’s very bad

DCR hiring a debt collection agency

Agency was owed $422,000 at end of September

Colman M. Herman

Baker shows a Republican can do well in cities

Courting urban leaders, voters was a strategy that paid off

Baker faces big challenges on education, transportation

Popularity may be tested by need for more revenues

Peter Ubertaccio

We need better tools to control pharma prices

With many drug makers facing no competition, the market isn't working

Marylou Sudders

Gonzalez’s ‘secret’ MBTA document

Is FTA report a smoking gun or data glitch?

For our environmental future, Gonzalez is clear choice

Baker record: protecting the status quo and fossil fuel interests

Baker waffles on Diehl during debate

After endorsing him, he backs away and then says he misspoke

Baker planning pharmacy pricing legislation

Sudders calls manufacturer drug rebates ‘smoke and mirrors’

Sept. 6, 2018

Gonzalez: Records destruction bid suggests cover-up

Accuses Baker of ‘management failure of epic proportions’

Time for Baker to step up on health care

With Beth Israel-Lahey merger, action long overdue on payment disparities

John E. McDonough

Mass. leading way on reining in health care costs

Credit a united effort, avoidance of regulatory overreach

For Baker, mum’s the word on allegations against son

Governor refuses to divulge whether feds have closed sexual assault case