JUST IN: As he prepares to leave the corner office on Beacon Hill, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker offered his thanks and best wishes to the people of the commonwealth in a farewell address that touched on the budget, the pandemic and bipartisanship.
Some relief is on the way to taxpayers as Massachusetts prepares to give back almost $3 billion to residents.
The COVID-19 pandemic came to define much of Baker's second term in office, and he said that the way Massachusetts residents came together exemplified what makes the commonwealth"a very special place." Long a centrist, Baker alluded to the extreme partisanship that's dominated much of national politics, saying that the focus on the work in Massachusetts paid off,"despite a myriad of political fights and distractions that were raging all around us."And while he didn't mention, he did say that the event that stands out among the many he made as governor is his trip to the U.S. Capitol to visit members of the Massachusetts National Guard who were deployed there.
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