The state government is planning to spend $2 million on an ad campaign designed to encourage Massachusetts residents to shop at locally owned businesses.
Businesses in Massachusetts have taken a hit since the coronavirus shutdowns. Some businesses were shut down for months during the height of the restrictions, and many are still not fully operational. Unemployment in July stood at 16.1 percent, the highest in the nation.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker suggested that some of his friends think of him as the state's tax collector.
Baker appeared at a bicycle shop in Belmont to tout the state's upcoming sales-tax-free weekend, the two days of the year when the state doesn't charge 6.25 percent sales tax for certain purchases.
