Governors partner to plan reopening. 6 East Coast, 3 West plan separate working groups

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https://www.rollcall.com/2020/04/13/governors-partner-to-plan-reopening/
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The governors of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are forming a regional working group to determine when it will be safe to begin reopening their economies, and how they will do so, they announced on Monday.

The move was announced during a joint press conference held by the six Democrats: Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, John Carney of Delaware and Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island.

Cuomo announced earlier Monday that he believed his state, where more than 10,000 people have died of COVID-19, has hit a plateau and that it was the appropriate time to begin thinking about reopening the economy.

“We should start looking forward to reopening, and reopening with a smart plan,” said Cuomo.

Each state involved will contribute a public health and an economic development official, as well as the governor’s chief of staff, to form an 18-person working group, which Cuomo said will immediately start work on designing a reopening plan taking into consideration both health and economic concerns.

Cuomo said talks will officially begin Tuesday, but there is no concrete timetable in mind for actions.

Carney said the working group will formalize steps he has already begun taking with neighboring Govs. Murphy and Wolf.

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Cuomo said he was also talking to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, about joining the group.
West Coast governors brainstorm

Meanwhile, the three Democrats who run the coastal states of the West, Jay Inslee of Washington, Gavin Newsom of California and Kate Brown of Oregon, announced on Monday a separate effort to reopen their economies.

Details were more sparse on their plans, but they said in a joint statement that they would need to balance health and economic concerns.

“We are announcing that California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that identifies clear indicators for communities to restart public life and business,” the governors said.

[larwdem]

1. I hope

I hope this is the start of the united blue states of america

[MerryBlooms]

2. COW early on gave trump a big middle finger and haven't looked back.

Here in OR, the nutters in the red rural counties are always trying to recall Brown, even though she's been one of Oregon's finest governors to ever be elected. Those red counties hate big government and handouts, even though a huge number of their families receive benefits in one form or another, it's different when their families get it, they paid for it. Same with every other blue state with red counties.

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3. Remarkable.