[369] In October 2015, Baker filed legislation to increase the state cap on the number of new charter schools in the state by 12 per year,[370] and later in the same month, testified in favor of the legislation before the state legislature. Chris Charles, age 58, Palm Harbor, FL Background Check. [633], Also in July 2016, Baker's administration expanded the women's drug addiction program at Taunton State Hospital. Christopher R Baker, age 42 View Details Bloomington Presumed owner of the real estate located at 2515 E Canada Dr, Bloomington Also known as: Christopher Baker, Chris Baker, Chris A Baker Completed High School Associated persons: Mandy J Baker, Mary L Matthews (812) 822-1810 View Details Christopher Baker View Details Bloomington Baker Signs $38.1B Budget, Names MBTA Control Board", "Gov. Bill, Tax Credit And A Call For Permanent Sales Tax Holiday", "Gov. Charlie Baker: Sanctuary city decisions 'best made at local level', "While opposed, Baker says mind open on safe communities act", "Massachusetts Gov. Stay-at-home dad/bi-coastal actor- Breaking Bad, THE BLACKLIST, Murder In The First, Colony, WILD, NEON DEMON etc. Gov. [603], In December 2020, Baker signed into law An Act Relative to Justice, Equity and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth, a bill created in response to Black Lives Matter protests calling for police reform across the country in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the shooting of Breonna Taylor. [34] Analysts wrote that he was unlikely to defeat Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, who had already announced her candidacy. Company Director. - Mr CR, Northampton "[54], After the 2010 election, Baker was named an executive in residence at General Catalyst Partners and a member of the board of directors at the Tremont Credit Union. Baker: No More Syrian Refugees In Mass. [506], In August 2017, Baker was called to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the ACA,[507] which he did the next month,[508] as well as writing a third open letter to Senate leadership with largely the same group of governors (with Alaska Governor Bill Walker joining) opposing the GrahamCassidy health care amendment. [608] In the same month of the report's release, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health began a public awareness campaign on opioid addiction,[609] and Baker announced a $34.5million proposal following the working group's recommendations that included a $5.8million program to move civil commitments for substance abuse from state prisons to state hospitals operated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, with Baker himself saying, "Opioid addiction is a health care issue that knows no boundaries across age, race, class or demographics. Charles Baker surrendered Tuesday night to agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Charlie Baker defends comments on Syrian refugees, hits back at Mass. Charlie Baker says", "Gov. Charlie Baker signs hospital pricing compromise into law", "Mass. [146] During the mission, Baker signed an agreement with Israeli Chief Scientist Avi Hasson to foster research and development cooperation between the Massachusetts and Israeli governments,[147] the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and an Israeli non-profit organization signed a cybersecurity agreement,[148] and Baker met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [122], In February 2016, Baker, along with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, announced a redevelopment publicprivate partnership between the state and city governments with Veolia. [69] Later in the morning, Coakley conceded. [304] The following month, the state's Department of Public Utilities lifted its moratorium on National Grid while putting in place new safety regulations on the company,[305] and Baker signed into law a bill extending unemployment benefits for the workers the company locked out by 26 weeks. A professor from Northeastern University claimed the story, which Baker claims occurred in 2009, could have been a false memory. Charlie Baker: Republican Governors Association should not accept any more money from Steve Wynn", "Facing Misconduct Allegations, Steve Wynn Resigns As CEO Of Wynn Resorts", "Massachusetts Gaming Commission finds no illegality, no ties to Gov. 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Charlie Baker amends credit reporting bill", "Worcester woos the PawSox; Construction of new 'Polar Park' planned", "Worcester City Council Approves $100 Million Stadium Package To Lure PawSox", "Gov. "[582], Later that August, following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Baker condemned the violence there as an act of terrorism, criticized Trump for his response to the incident,[583] and referred to a similar rally scheduled for later in the same week on Boston Common. [502] After the House passed it the following May, Baker released a statement saying that he was "disappointed by today's vote" but that as "the U.S. Senate takes up this bill, we will continue to advocate for the Commonwealth's priorities so that all residents have access to the health coverage they need", and urged Congress to reject the bill. [32] After serving three years, he chose not to run for reelection in 2007. [227], In May 2017, Baker's administration announced $9.3million in grant making funds for the Massachusetts Cultural Council that provides grants for culturally and historically significant sites. [474], In May 2016, Baker spoke in defense of a Deval Patrick administration proposal to create a timber rattlesnake colony on an isolated island in the Quabbin Reservoir that is closed to the public. Charlie Baker signs bill extending OSHA safety standards to municipal workers", "Gov. Charlie Baker proposes $200 million annual road repair bill", "Baker-Polito Administration Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Investment Plan", "Expanded north-south rail service from Springfield to begin in June 2019", "Governor Baker Signs Bond Bill Authorizing $3.9 Billion to Maintain and Modernize Capital Assets", "Why did Charlie Baker veto a proposal to give drivers toll discounts? Grieves took command of HMH-464 in May 2015, according to her official biography. 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[570] After Donald Trump became president in January 2017, Baker opposed the Trump administration's original and revised travel bans,[571][572] arguing that "focusing on countries' predominant religions will not make the country safer", and wrote an open letter to then U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly highlighting concerns with the effects of the travel ban on Massachusetts businesses, colleges and universities, and academic medical centers. [2], Baker is the son of a U.S. Army colonel, and as a result, he moved frequently during his childhood. Christopher married Mary (Mareana) Anna Baker (born Filg) on month day 1825, at age 26 at marriage place. [313] In April 2016, Baker's administration announced that Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, a non-profit organization founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was selected by the U.S. Defense Department to run a $317million public-private partnership to develop fiber and electronic textile manufacturing for military uniforms. Christopher Charles Benninger (born 1942, America) permanently migrated to India in 1971. Chris Charles Hunting Energy Services | Titan Division | General Manager Pampa, Texas, United States 656 followers 500+ connections Join to connect Hunting About Twenty seven years of experience. [513] More than half the deaths happened in state-supervised nursing homes, in particular those serving persons of color. [286], In November 2017, Baker signed into law a bill creating a registry for home care workers. Our wealth data indicates income average is $90k. [70] The final election tally showed Baker with 48.5% of the vote to Coakley's 46.6%. [669] In November 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released estimates showing that opioid overdose deaths were 6 percent lower during the first nine months of 2019 than the first nine months of 2018, while the presence of fentanyl in opioid-related overdose deaths during the first six months of 2019 rose to an all-time high of 93 percent. Charlie Baker vetoes legislative pay raises", "Lawmakers Receive Pay Raises As Gov. Governor Polito Sign 300th Community Compact with Town of Swampscott", "Baker-Polito administration awards $343,000 for 'collaborative workspaces' in Western Massachusetts", "Baker-Polito Administration opens second round of Urban Agenda funding", "Baker-Polito Administration Awards $2 Million in Community Compact Grants", "Lt. [21] In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits organization. In the late 1980s, Baker was hired as codirector of the newly founded Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based libertarian think tank. The threshold for making the ballot is 15% and the party announced that Baker had thus received the nomination without the need for a primary election. [667], In February 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released estimates indicating that while opioid overdose deaths were 4 percent lower in 2018 than 2017, opioid-related EMS calls increased by 18 percent,[668] and the following month, the commission enacted by Baker under the opioid legislation he signed the previous August released its final report. Baker attended Harvard College and graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, where, by his own admission, he was a C-student-turned-B-student. He later served as Secretary of Administration and Finance under Weld and his successor, Paul Cellucci. [13][21] He later said he went to Harvard "because of the brand" and wrote, "With a few exceptions those four years are ones I would rather forget. Charlie Baker will sign bill requiring AEDs in Massachusetts schools", "Massachusetts Awarded $2 Million to Improve Career Education", "Baker-Polito Administration Proposes Historic Education Funding; $40 Million Increase in Local Aid", "Dropout rate down more than 50 percent in Holyoke, Lawrence, Springfield in five-year period", "What A Pay Raise Would Mean For Early Childhood Education Teachers", "Governor Baker and Boston Mayor Walsh Announce Expanded Early College Program", "Baker, Walsh Announce Tuition-Free College Program", "Governor Baker Visits Lawrence High School To Kick Off Early College Program", "Baker Signs English Learning Overhaul Into Law", "Baker-Polito Administration Awards $2.3 Million in Skills Capital Grants to Support High Schools", "Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts Says He Won't Run for Re-election", "Outgoing Mass. [469], In December 2018, Baker's administration announced that it would extend the state's electric vehicle rebate program through the end of the following June,[470] and a transportation commission Baker enacted by executive order the previous January released a report stating that all vehicles sold in the state should be electric by 2040. Charlie Baker 'supports the death penalty' for cop killers in Massachusetts", "Discussion of death penalty for cop-killers reemerges after shooting of Weymouth Sgt. Baker Blew the Bay State Championship Game", Baker's role in Big Dig financing process was anything but 'small', "There's more to Baker than meets the eye | Chelsea Record Chelsea Massachusetts Newspaper", "Deval Patrick/Tim Murray announce transition working groups and members", "Massachusetts Gov. "[610], In August 2015, the Coalition of Northeastern Governors under Baker's leadership as vice chair, sent an open letter to acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Ostroff recommending that the FDA require labeling changes for opioid analgesics packaging and an open letter to Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose urging the alignment of Health Canada's regulatory framework with the U.S. FDA's framework for oxycodone product guidelines. Open To Role On Refugees, But Wants Clear Expectations", "In wake of Paris terror attack, Mass. [504] Later the same month, Baker wrote in an open letter to Massachusetts U.S. [480] The next week, after four Boston public schools (including Boston Latin Academy) were found to have levels of lead above the state action level in fountain drinking water,[481] the administration announced that it would provide $2 million from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust to fund a testing program operated by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to provide technical assistance to public school districts in assessing samples of water both from fountains and from taps used in food preparation. [573], In February 2017, Baker said that the restaurants and other businesses closed for the Day Without Immigrants protest were making a "big statement" with their strike,[574] issued an executive order to reestablish the state's Black Advisory Commission to advise his administration on issues of concern to the black community in Massachusetts,[575] and opposed a Trump administration proposal to deploy 100,000 U.S. National Guard soldiers to increase enforcement of the administration's immigration policies. ", Rosenberg, Steven (July 14, 2009). He is best known for playing Skinny Pete on the AMC series Breaking Bad, and he has had a recurring role on the NBC series The Blacklist. [523], In December 2016, due to Baker's midyear budget cuts, Baystate Health lost $1 million in funding. [519][520] The next May, he signed into law a compromise bill on hospital pricing. [539] In March 2017, after congressional Republicans in the 115th U.S. Congress proposed a defunding provision to the American Health Care Act of 2017 that would make Planned Parenthood clinics in Massachusetts ineligible for nearly $2 million in Medicaid medical service reimbursements and federal family planning grants under Title X,[540] Baker's administration promised to offset the funding gap. [638] In March 2017, Baker was appointed to the Trump Administration's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission chaired by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie,[639] and in June 2017, Baker attended the commission's first meeting. The actor & writer is dating , his starsign is Cancer and he is now 44 years of age. [40] After the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Baker called for Trump to be removed from office. [48] At the state Republican Convention on April 17, 2010, Baker won the Republican nomination over former Independent candidate Christy Mihos with 89% of the delegate vote, thus avoiding a primary fight with Mihos. "[580] In August 2017, after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that local police departments cannot detain any person solely based on requests from federal immigration authorities the previous month,[581] Baker's administration filed legislation that would allow the Massachusetts State Police and local departments to detain individuals previously convicted of a felony or "aliens [illegal immigrants] who pose a threat to public safety," but not to authorize local police to "enforce federal immigration law. 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[347], Also in August 2016, Baker vetoed a pilot program for a vehicle miles traveled tax,[348] and Baker signed into law a bill that expanded a program to improve local street network safety and efficiency that was launched earlier that year, authorized $50million in spending over the subsequent five years for repairs to small municipal bridges, and included a $750million authorization request for the federal aid highway program. Locations: Pullman WA, South Webster OH, . [16][17] His father, Charles Duane Baker (born 1928), a Harvard graduate, was a buyer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. [451][452], In February 2018, Baker, along with the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation, wrote an open letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke urging the Trump Administration to not include Massachusetts or North Atlantic waters in the administration's 20192024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing program. [541], In July 2017, Baker signed into law a bill requiring employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" for female employees who are pregnant and banning employment discrimination in hiring or termination against female employees who are pregnant,[542] which went into effect in April 2018. ", Jacob, Julie A. The son of an army colonel, whose father was written up in the Los Angeles Times in 1994 by Robin Wright, Charles traveled the world by the time he was 17. "[302], Also in October 2018, the state's Department of Public Utilities ordered a moratorium on all non-emergency and non-compliance work contracted to National Grid after receiving numerous safety complaints and a report of a company technician over-pressurizing the company's system in Woburn. Sir Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker, 7th Baronet. Massachusetts has one of the country's highest infection and death rates. [283] In September 2017, in response to questions about raising the state minimum wage to $15 per hour, Baker stated that he would "like to know more about what the impact of the [previous minimum wage increase to $11] has been" before supporting a further increase,[284] and the following month, Baker's administration announced $11.9million in workforce training fund grants to 121 companies in the state,[285] as well as $9.5million in workforce skills capital grants to 32 educational institutions in the state. [156] Later that month, Baker announced that Massachusetts would bid for Amazon.com's second headquarters. [454] In September 2016, following the record breaking snowfall in Boston from the 201415 North American winter and during a severe drought,[455] Baker signed an executive order directing various state cabinet offices to develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive climate change adaptation plan. today", "Pregnant Worker Protection Law Goes Into Effect In Mass", "Massachusetts Gov. [314] In June 2016, Baker's administration announced $2million in Community Compact grants to 52 cities and towns to fund information technology (IT) projects, upgrades to existing IT infrastructure, and purchases of new IT equipment. He may now be looking at an extended stay in prison. [50] Baker's campaign centered on "Baker's Dozen," a plan outlining 13 areas of state government reform, which included consolidation of government, welfare reform, and restructuring of public employee pension and retirement benefits that Baker claimed would lower state expenditures by over $1billion. Username. [4][5][6][7] In December 2021, Baker announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022. [602], In June 2020, Baker signed a law making Juneteenth an official state holiday. [25] However, as he was developing the plan, Baker had also had to take into account that Governor Cellucci was dead-set against any new taxes or fees. [343] In May 2016, Baker submitted a $2.19billion capital budget for fiscal year 2017,[344] and the following month, Baker's administration launched a multi-faceted initiative to reduce motor vehicle accidents during the upcoming summer. Baker Urges Changes To President Trump's Travel Ban", "Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker", "Governor Baker not a fan of new 'Star Wars' flicks", "What Gov. On December 15, 2022, the NCAA announced that Baker had been named the sixth president of the NCAA, effective March 2023. Alison J Baker Other occupants: Alison J Baker View this recordView 43 Christopher James Baker Age Guide: 40-44 Director [365] In December 2018, the commission Baker enacted the previous January to review the state's transportation needs released a two-volume report outlining 18 specific recommendations in five broad categories,[366] and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation released a report showing that wait times at the state's Registry of Motor Vehicles offices had increased over the previous year, which state officials attributed to the introduction of the federal Real ID Act in the state. [168] The following month, the U.S. Treasury Department approved all 138 opportunity zone designations Baker requested the previous month,[169] and the Bureau of Economic Analysis released data showing that the Massachusetts real GDP had increased 2.6% in 2017, the 11th-highest growth rate in the United States and the highest growth rate in the Northeastern or Midwestern United States. [556] In May 2022, after Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was leaked, Baker said overturning Roe v. Wade would be a "massive setback" for women. She previously served as a commander for other aircraft in Marine Helicopter Squadron 1, which supplies Marine One Responsible for generating Investment Services revenue by uncovering, developing, bidding on, negotiating and closing transactions to be . [651], In January 2018, Baker announced that CVS was adding drug disposal boxes to 42 pharmacies across the state,[652] and Baker also proposed a separate bill to reintroduce a proposal that had been removed from the opioid legislation Baker signed into law in March 2016 to allow hospitals to involuntarily hold addiction patients for 72 hours while attempting to place them in treatment. 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[205] After missing the June 30 deadline to pass a state budget,[206] in July 2017, both houses of the state legislature approved a $40.2billion compromise state budget for fiscal year 2018,[207] and Baker signed it into law 10 days later. Charlie Baker opposes Trump administration plan for 100,000 National Guard troops outlined in draft memo", "Gov. Charlie Baker outlines plan for 135,000 new housing units by 2025", "Gov. Charlie Baker's amendment on congestion pricing", "Commission on the Future of Transportation Releases Recommendations Aimed to Move More People, Reduce Emissions in the Commonwealth", "Massachusetts RMV lines were long in 2018, report shows", "Gov. Charlie Baker signs hydropower, wind energy bill into law", "Massachusetts utilities release first offshore wind RFP under new state energy law", "5 major transmission, hydro and wind partners bid into Massachusetts Clean Energy RFP", "Mass. [217] In December 2018, Baker's administration announced that the state income tax would fall to 5.05% effective January1 of the following year,[218] the state's Administration and Finance Secretary announced that the state estimated tax revenue growth to increase 2.7% for the upcoming fiscal year,[219] and Baker signed into law a compromise bill applying the state hotel tax to short-term rentals with the exemption amendment Baker had proposed the previous August. Charlie Baker says", "Wynn Resorts Reportedly Considering Sale Of Everett Casino To MGM", "The Wynn Casino In Everett Will Be Encore Boston Harbor", "Massachusetts should look into legalized sports betting, Gov. 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