If either U.S. senator representing Massachusetts takes a job in a Joe Biden administration, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker would still get to appoint the temporary replacement.
It's a topic that came up during the Massachusetts House of Representatives' consideration of 777 budget amendments this past week. House leaders decided not to try to take that power away from the governor, as Mike Deehan of GBH News reports. Baker would have reportedly vetoed the proposal, although there would have been enough Democrats in the legislature to override that veto, if they voted as a bloc.
Bars will soon be closing in Vermont due to the coronavirus emergency.
The state's Republican governor, Phil Scott, recently announced a slew of restrictions that will be going into effect in the state. They include closing in-person service for bars and social clubs, making restaurants cut off in-person service at 10 p.m., prohibiting multi-household gatherings, suspending recreational sports outside of the Vermont Principals Association, and mandating that many businesses keep logs for contact tracing.
