BOSTON — A sweeping new hospital oversight and industry reform bill is on the move atop Beacon Hill, representing what aides to House Speaker Ron Mariano view as the most significant health care cost control legislation in more than a decade. The Legislature’s Health Care Financing Committee on Tuesday moved to advance a redrafted, 97-page […]
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Mass. emergency shelter residents limited to nine months in system after Healey signs bill
Massachusetts emergency shelter residents will only have a maximum of nine months in the system after Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Tuesday that also hands her administration a much-needed cash infusion to pay for struggling services.
Migrants helping fill ‘well-documented worker shortage’ in Massachusetts, Healey says
An influx of migrants into Massachusetts has helped fill a “well-documented worker shortage,” Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday during a speech to leaders of some of the region’s largest and most influential businesses.
MassDevelopment CEO Rivera resigns mid-contract
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 […]
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.
