Charlie Baker

NCAA President Charlie Baker, Massachusetts’ former governor, says he’s not ruling out a return to politics, but kept the conversation on college sports.

Former Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he’ll “never rule anything out” when asked if he’d ever consider returning to elected office, while speaking at the UMass Club about his work at the NCAA. “But I think we live in really challenging times, and it’s important [for] really good people to step up,” the NCAA president said. The two-term Republican...

With college sports tournaments taking place at both ends of Massachusetts this week, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Thursday announced the launch of a public-private partnership to focus on the risks of sports betting and gambling among young people. The Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition is meant to raise awareness of the laws, risks, and public health harms associated…

NCAA President Charlie Baker, Massachusetts’ former governor, joined Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to discuss a plan to educate young people about responsible gambling and the potential dangers.

Members of the public can finally get a look at the $29,000 oil-on-canvas memorialization of Gov. Charlie Baker’s eight years in the corner office. Baker’s official portrait, unveiled at a private soiree Dec. 21 in the Massachusetts State House library, was up on the wall this week in the lobby of the executive suite for all to see. With display…

NCAA President Charlie Baker is drawing on lessons learned during his eight years as a Republican governor in a Massachusetts dominated by Democrats as he tries to help the college athletic association navigate increasingly choppy political waters. Baker has floated a proposal that would require schools that want to be a part of a new D-1 tier to commit to...

Dozens of former Baker administration officials and staffers streamed into the Massachusetts State Library around 5 p.m. for the former governor’s portrait unveiling as the State House shuttered to the public. Reporters were asked to leave the fourth floor of the library at around 4:48 p.m., as Baker’s portrait, shrouded in a blue covering, was perched near a podium...

Citing a Baker administration “accounting error,” members of the state’s Congressional delegation called Tuesday on federal labor officials to work with the Healey administration on a solution to the “over withdrawal” of $2.5 billion in federal funds to pay unemployment benefits during the pandemic. In a letter released Wednesday, nine delegation members asserted “many states have encountered issues” administering federal…