Massachusetts will start fiscal year 2025 Monday without a full spending in place for the next 12 months, marking the 14th straight year Beacon Hill has failed to meet its annual deadline for the only bill they are constitutionally required to produce.
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Gov. Maura Healey bans migrants from sleeping at Boston’s Logan Airport as overflow site opens
Gov. Maura Healey banned migrant families from sleeping at Logan Airport starting July 9, a move that will force the oftentimes large crowd that has used the airport as a shelter to find new places to sleep, she announced in a statement Friday.
Healey: SCOTUS ruling leaves pregnant women ‘in limbo’
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey warned of ongoing reproductive care threats to women across the country Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a closely watched case dealing with emergency abortions in Idaho. Emergency abortions can continue for now in Idaho, as the thorny question is now tossed back to lower courts to weigh whether […]
State funds backing Boston’s office-to-housing push
BOSTON — The Healey administration is pumping $15 million of state money into Boston’s push to incentivize large-scale office buildings owners to convert from cubicles to housing, the city and state announced Monday. Since Mayor Michelle Wu launched her Office to Residential Conversion Program pilot in October, the city has received nine applications to create […]
Durant: Healey border effort won’t stop the influx
SPENCER – State Sen. Peter Durant is calling on Gov. Maura Healy to work with the legislature to pass an amendment to the state’s right to shelter law following Healey’s announcement that she’s sent a delegation to the border in an effort to stem the flow of migrants coming to Massachusetts. “Going to the border […]
MCAS ballot question campaign delivers highest signature collection of year to advance to November ballot
MCAS opponents delivered another around 135,000 signatures to the Secretary of State on Thursday, advancing the ballot question to nix the standardized testing graduation requirement closer to the November ballot.
