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.
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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.
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.
Beacon Hill Democrats want to spend $426M on state-run shelters amid cash crunch
Top Beacon Hill Democrats plan to vote on a spending bill Thursday that will shuttle $426 million in surplus revenues leftover from the pandemic to respond to an influx of migrants and limits families’ stay in state-run shelters to nine months.
Shelter dollars ‘close to running out’ as funding bill sits on Beacon Hill, Gov. Healey says
A panel of six lawmakers tasked with delivering a compromise on a spending bill that includes hundreds of millions for the state-funded shelter system publicly appears no closer to a deal as the Healey administration finds itself with only tens of millions left to pay for services.
Tolls at Massachusetts border would have ‘devastating’ impact, MA Auditor DiZoglio says
Placing tolls at the Massachusetts border would have a “devastating” impact on areas near to New Hampshire, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Saturday afternoon as criticism continued to mount over remarks made last week by Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt.
