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.
Politics
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.
Market Basket financial officer ousted as leadership shake-up continues
A long-serving Market Basket executive will join her former boss in the unemployment rolls after speaking with the Boston Herald and other media outlets.
State Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 74
LOWELL — Remembrances poured in throughout Thursday after state Sen. Edward Kennedy, who spent a lifetime serving Greater Lowell as an elected official, died Wednesday night at Lowell General Hospital at the age of 74.
Pot boss returns to Cannabis Commission, will review all decisions
The Cannabis Control Commission turned a new page on Wednesday with the official return of formerly-ousted Chair Shannon O’Brien, who announced she’s reveiwing all the moves the pot board made while she was fighting for her $181,722 job.
