Gov. Charlie Baker's plan is to reopen Massachusetts on Day 2 of the long Memorial Day Weekend. Day 2? Rhode Island will already be open for more than a week.
Massachusetts is ending all remaining COVID-19 industry restrictions effective May 29, completing the state's reopening plan in time for Memorial Day weekend.
The biggest little state in the union is about to become a free state. Gov. Dan McKee says Rhode Island will fully reopen Friday, a week earlier than planned.
Masks will still be required for now in all indoor public places and in other situations in Massachusetts, despite new guidance from the CDC on Thursday.
A debate is apparently raging over whether to lift the outdoor mask mandate in Massachusetts. What outdoor mask mandate? I didn't know there was such a thing.