Massachusetts lawmakers were expected to shuttle a $61 billion budget to Gov. Maura Healey Monday that requires residential brokers’ fees to be covered by the party that enlists those services and boosts the state’s reliance on a surtax on incomes over $1 million.
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Massachusetts hotel shelters for migrants, homeless families set to close, questions arise
A majority of hotel shelters for migrants and local homeless families in Massachusetts will be closed by the end of Monday.
Massachusetts House, Senate negotiators reach agreement on $61 billion state budget
The Massachusetts Legislative committee responsible for working out the kinks between the House and Senate budget proposals have come to an agreement on a $61 billion spending plan, they announced on Sunday.
Maura Healey pauses some HomeBase rental assistance after massive spike in demand
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration plans to pause some rental assistance to families receiving benefits through the HomeBase program after total caseloads increased by more than fivefold between 2023 and 2025.
Senate President Karen Spilka wants a school cellphone ban in place before new academic year
Senate President Karen Spilka wants her chamber to approve a statewide ban on cellphones in Massachusetts public schools.
Massachusetts housing agency prepping executive order targeting ‘modular housing’
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is preparing an executive order that targets modular housing, or homes that are designed and constructed in a factory to be quickly assembled at a desired location, according to an ethics disclosure filed by one of the authors of the order.
