Baker says no need to ban state-funded NC travel

BOSTON – While the Boston City Council took action last week to ban taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said official travel to the Tar Heel state is unlikely even without a prohibition. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, sparked an outcry and opposition from gay and transgender advocacy groups last week when he signed a law invalidating a Charlotte municipal ordinance that gave transgender people legal access to public facilities such as restr

BOSTON – While the Boston City Council took action last week to ban taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said official travel to the Tar Heel state is unlikely even without a prohibition. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, sparked an outcry and opposition from gay and transgender advocacy groups last week when he signed a law invalidating a Charlotte municipal ordinance that gave transgender people legal access to public facilities such as restr…