Senate President Karen Spilka said she does not support Gov. Maura Healey’s attempt to resurrect a tax on prescription drugs in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a stance that marks another setback for a measure the governor said could raise more than $100 million for state coffers.
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Karen Read’s lawyers can try to argue ‘third-party culprit defense’ involving Brian Albert, Brian Higgins
Karen Read’s lawyers can try to argue ‘third-party culprit defense’ involving Brian Albert, Brian Higgins: Judge Beverly Cannone rules
Judge Beverly Cannone impounds juror list ahead of Karen Read trial: ‘Fear for the safety of their family’
On the eve of the Karen Read retrial, Judge Beverly Cannone handed down rulings related to jurors and a defense expert for the heavily scrutinized Canton murder case.
Number of families, migrants in Massachusetts shelters down 30%, data shows
The number of families in taxpayer-funded emergency shelters has started to decline after hitting a peak of more than 7,600 households in July 2024, which providers who serve the system say is because of restrictive policies that have been put in place over the past year.
ICE giving governor cold shoulder over Tufts student arrest, Healey says
Gov. Maura Healey says she has heard ‘really nothing’ from the administration over the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk or more than 300 others.
Massachusetts families ‘at risk’ under Gov. Healey’s proposed mental health cuts, critics say
Directors overseeing programs that provide intensive mental health help to Massachusetts’ most vulnerable children and adolescents say Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to consolidate the services has caught them “off guard.”
