BOSTON — Dan Rivera stepped down from his position as president and CEO of the economic development agency MassDevelopment on Friday, effective immediately, more than two years before his contract was set to expire. Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, also chair of the MassDevelopment board, said in a statement Friday that she and the administration […]
Politics
Mass. House passes $58B state budget after rejecting Republican shelter reforms
The Massachusetts House passed a $58 billion fiscal year 2025 budget Friday that includes hundreds of millions for emergency shelters, though still far below what Gov. Maura Healey has said is needed to fund the system.
‘Zionists don’t deserve to live,’ says Boston student leading Columbia University protests in viral video
A former Boston School Committee student representative, now a leader of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, has come under fire for calling for the eradication of Zionists in a lengthy video that resurfaced this week.
Healey weighs in on campus safety, protests
BOSTON — As tensions simmer around college campus protests and university responses, Gov. Maura Healey gave a mostly muted response Tuesday to the proliferation of pro-Palestinian encampments, saying “there has to be” space for both protest and Jewish student safety alike. Colleges around the country are grappling with how to respond to student demonstrations against […]
Mass. Legislature sends Gov. Healey $426M shelter bill that caps stays at nine months
Massachusetts lawmakers shipped Gov. Muara Healey a spending bill Thursday that hands her $426 million to spend on emergency shelters over the next year-plus and caps families’ time in the system at nine months.
Demand outpacing capacity across MA hospital sector
BOSTON — A financial crisis at Steward Health Care has rendered the for-profit system as one of the biggest boogeymen in state government circles, but a pair of leaders at Steward hospitals told lawmakers Wednesday that they face many of the same challenges as their peers in nonprofit settings. Sharp increases in patient demand pushing […]
