Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker wants to make sure the people who claim to be vaccinated against coronavirus are telling the truth, but stopped short of saying he wants a statewide database.
About two-thirds of the state's workforce will be affected by the vaccine mandate implemented by the Biden administration last week. It says that companies that employ more than 100 people have to mandate vaccines for their employees, or require them to provide a negative coronavirus test every week.
Rhode Island will receive about 150 Afghan refugees from the first round of resettlements — and Governor Dan McKee, a Democrat, supports the decision.
"We should embrace that. People who have helped our country in Afghanistan, we should make sure that we support them in their arrival to the United States," McKee said, according to WJAR.
