Despite Pandemic, Baker's Cabinet Agencies Boosted Spending With Minority Businesses
Despite Pandemic, Baker's Cabinet Agencies Boosted Spending With Minority Businesses Images by Getty Images, illustration by Emily Judem/GBH News Executive branch agencies in Gov. Charlie Bakerâs administration boosted their spending with minority-owned businesses by nearly $20 million in fiscal year 2020, pushing minority contracts to account for more than 6% of the stateâs discretionary spending for the first time since 2015, according to data obtained by GBH News. Overall, Baker's cabinet agencies â such as the Executive Office of Education and the Executive Office of Health...
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