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Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered an immediate hiring freeze across state government as one of his first steps toward reducing a state budget deficit. The Republican also announced on Friday _ his first full day in office _ that he has ordered cabinet secretaries to begin program-by-program reviews of all state agencies, and review all recent contract amendments and ongoing procurements...

Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to immediately release $100 million in transportation funds for cities and towns. The action on Thursday reverses a decision by his predecessor, former Gov...

Gov. Deval Patrick has begun the traditional ``lone walk'' departing Massachusetts governors take from the third floor executive office down the front steps of the state capitol. The walk followed a private meeting with incoming Republican Gov...

Gina Raimondo will be sworn in as Rhode Island's first female governor in a ceremony outside the Statehouse.

With just weeks until Inauguration Day, Governor-elect Charlie Baker paid a visit to New Bedford Wednesday on his tour across the Commonwealth.

An advisory board recommends increasing the Massachusetts governor's annual pay to $250,000 while also giving sizable raises to other statewide officials and top legislative leaders.  The Special Advisory Commission on Public Compensation says the governor's pay should increase from $151,800 to $185,000 plus a new, yearly $65,000 housing allowance...

During his campaign for governor, Charlie Baker repeatedly criticized Martha Coakley for defending the state against a lawsuit brought by a New York children's rights group, saying she should have settled the suit instead. Asked this week if he would try to negotiate the case when he becomes governor in January, Baker adopted a more measured tone...

Republican Gov.-elect Charlie Baker says he's ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work after defeating Democrat Martha Coakley in one of the closest gubernatorial elections in recent state history. Baker told reporters on Wednesday that a ``seamless'' transition of power was the first order of business...

Democrat Martha Coakley has called Republican Charlie Baker to concede the Massachusetts governor's race. Coakley's campaign sent a statement Wednesday saying she had called Baker at 8:15 a.m. to congratulate him on his victory. Coakley says she will address her supporters at her Somerville campaign headquarters at 11 a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democrat Gina Raimondo has defeated Republican Allan Fung to become the first woman elected Rhode Island governor despite being snubbed by some prominent labor groups. Raimondo's victory Tuesday over the Cranston mayor also makes her the first Democrat elected to the job since 1992...