Massachusetts senators and the Office of the State Auditor faced off Tuesday in a tense meeting about a legislative audit.
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Massachusetts reports spending nearly $500M so far in FY25 on state-run shelters
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent nearly $500 million on the state-run shelter system in fiscal year 2025, according to state data released more than a week after budget writers said they ran out of cash to pay for the emergency assistance program.
Mass General Brigham planning hundreds of layoffs
Mass General Brigham announced mass layoffs aimed to bridge a $250 million budget gap projected over the next two years in a letter to employees Monday — meaning potentially hundreds of firings may be quickly coming down the line.
Scores of staff members have left Massachusetts Auditor’s Office since Diana DiZoglio took over
A slew of staff members have left the Massachusetts State Auditor’s Office since Diana DiZoglio took over in January 2023, including two chiefs of staff and a former lawmaker, according to records obtained by the Herald.
Editorial: Feds’ Title IX probe may preclude need for girls opt-out bill
The breakneck speed in which the Trump administration has moved to reverse the way things have previously operated in Washington has kept political pundits’ heads on a swivel. That alacrity has spread beyond The Beltway, and in doing so may have overtaken events unfolding across the country, including in Massachusetts. That seems to be what’s […]
Ex-Massachusetts Sen. Dean Tran to spend 1.5 years in federal prison for fraud
Former Fitchburg Massachusetts state Senator Dean Tran will spend a year and a half in federal prison for unemployment assistance and tax fraud.
