A governor’s spokesperson says the Healey administration has “provided unprecedented insight” on spending within Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system and that a final supplemental budget will be reviewed once it’s ready.
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Massachusetts set to advance $4M to food banks as federal SNAP payments cut off
Massachusetts will send an additional $4 million in emergency food assistance to food banks next month as SNAP cuts off on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday — but will not release the money some advocates have called for directly from reserves to supplement the aid payments to residents.
One million MA residents in danger of losing food assistance amidst gov’t shutdown
North Central Massachusetts community members who receive food assistance are reeling from the news that benefits are in danger of not being issued on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, now the second longest shutdown in the country’s history. More than 1 million people in the state and approximately 42 million across the nation […]
Healey stopped publishing regular accounting of state-run shelter spending
The lack of information about fiscal year 2026 spending comes as the Healey administration spent $978.2 million in fiscal year 2025 on the emergency assistance program and related services.
Massachusetts federal funding cuts total $3.7B over multiple fiscal years, Healey says
President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ federal funding cuts have sliced roughly $3.7 billion away from Massachusetts and impacted at least four different fiscal years, a sum that is likely to reshape spending strategies on Beacon Hill, data updated Tuesday showed.
Mike Kennealy plans to continue ignoring Mass. loan limit law, lawyer tells regulators
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mike Kennealy plans to continue ignoring a state law that limits the amount of cash a candidate for governor can loan themselves each election, even after regulators asked him multiple times to reclassify hundreds of thousands of dollars he has loaned his campaign, his lawyer said in a letter this summer.
