Tentative deals have been reached to transition four hospitals run by Steward Health Care to new owners while Carney and Nashoba Valley hospitals remain on their paths to closure, and the state will take over St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration announced Friday.
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Gov. Healey will seek access to remaining pandemic-era surplus dollars to cover shelter costs, top budget writer says
Gov. Maura Healey plans drain the rest of a one-time account filled with money left over from the pandemic to cover the remaining cost of the emergency shelter system this fiscal year, her top budget writer said this week.
Gov. Healey signs legislation redefining parentage under Massachusetts state law
Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Friday that redefines how families are spelled out in state law, a move supporters say will make it easier for the LGBTQ+ community become parents.
Gov. Maura Healey floats federal investigation into Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre
Gov. Maura Healey said she hopes federal investigators “come after” Ralph de la Torre, the embattled Steward Health Care executive who was reportedly spotted at the Olympic Games in France as his company announced two hospitals in Massachusetts were slated to close.
As 5-day overflow shelter limit pushes families out, advocates make final effort to stop policy
Critics of a policy limiting local and migrant families’ stays in state-run overflow shelters to five business days pressed Gov. Maura Healey Thursday to pause or rescind the rule one day before the first batch of people were required to exit their temporary housing.
‘Infrastructure to serve everyone’
LEOMINSTER — The Healey-Driscoll Administration and municipal leaders last weekend celebrated the completion of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Route 2 in Leominster which is now a section of the Twin Cities Rail Trail. During the ceremony on Saturday, the new bridge was dedicated in memory of former Massachusetts Congressman John W. Olver, […]
