Feds tie transportation funding to birthrates: ‘Concerning,’ says Massachusetts G. Maura Healey
Gov. Maura Healey slammed a memo from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that directs the federal Department of ...
Governor Healey creates Massachusetts poet laureate role
Prior to the announcement, Massachusetts was one of just three states, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, without a poet ...
Maura Healey wants to let Massachusetts cities, towns hike taxes on meals, hotel stays
Gov. Maura Healey filed legislation Friday that would allow cities and towns to hike taxes on hotel stays and meals, an ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s 7.4% spending hike in FY26 ‘certainly gives us pause,’ Senate budget chief says
A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year ...
Canton officials ‘relieved’ to hear Healey is reconsidering closing Pappas Rehab Center
Officials continue to urge Governor Maura Healey to reconsider closing a children’s rehab facility — a move which she is ...
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Massachusetts recognizes first official Rosa Parks Day
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday officially designated Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts, on what would have been the civil rights leader’s 112th birthday.
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Massachusetts begins searching for its first poet laureate
Massachusetts was one of only three states without a poet laureate, according to the Library of Congress, joined by New ...
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Healey trying again for local option tax hikes
The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...
Healey says she ordered shelter background checks last year. Her office refused to share records detailing it.
Governor Maura Healey’s office rejected a Globe request for documents tied to the order, claiming they are confidential ...
Gov. Healey revisiting shutting down children’s hospital in Canton, Mass. Rep. Stephen Lynch says
They’re doing God’s work,” U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-8th District, said of the state-run Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for ...