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Mills, 2 New England Governors Working Together To Figure Out When To Reopen Their States' Economies
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:02:37
Publish Date: 2020-04-14 16:36:51
Description: Gov. Janet Mills said Tuesday she’s working closely with the governors of New Hampshire and Vermont to monitor outbreaks of COVID-19 and and determine the best time to reopen their respective economies. Mills says it’s too soon to say when the slow return to normalcy might begin, but she indicated that it’s the governors, and not President Donald Trump, who will make those decisions. Mills used Tuesday’s daily briefing to give a bit of a pep talk to Mainers living under a statewide stay-at-home order that has restricted social gatherings and business operations for two weeks now. Those restrictions are likely to go on a for a bit longer now that Mills has extended the state’s civil emergency by 30 days, a move that also grants her the authority to prolong the stay-at-home order. But Mills, a Democrat, also said she’s working with New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, both Republicans, to determine how and when the three New England states might reopen their
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