Governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast on Monday announced separate state compacts to coordinate one of their biggest challenges in the weeks to come: How to begin reopening society amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The governors, all but one of them Democrats, made separate announcements just hours after President Donald Trump said on Twitter that it was his decision to decide when to “open up the states." They did not announce specific plans on how to scale back stay-at-home orders or reopen businesses.
Instead, both groups said they would coordinate those decisions while first considering the health of residents. New Jersey Gov.