Five things to know about Gov. Maura Healey’s $62B budget plan
The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of ...
Lights. Camera. Ticket? Healey wants to allow Mass. cities, towns to deploy speed cameras.
Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic ...
Mental health facilities in Canton, Pocasset closing as Healey tries to lay off case managers
Gov. Maura Healey moved to close two mental health hospitals in Canton and Pocasset and lay off half of the Department of ...
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Healey calls for cap on charitable donations
Gov. Maura Healey wants to limit how much Massachusetts residents can write off for charitable contributions on their annual ...
‘Giving her opponents political ammunition’: Governor Healey spent at least 76 days out of state in 2024
Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from ...
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Pocasset Mental Health Center targeted for closure in Gov. Healey's budget proposal
Gov. Maura Healey wants to close the state’s Pocasset Mental Health Center as part of her fiscal 2026 proposed budget. But ...
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Mass. Gov. Maura Healey submits $2.5 billion investment plan for state's public universities, colleges
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is touting a multi-billion investment plan targeting higher education. On the heels of ...
Maura Healey files $62 billion Massachusetts budget as post-pandemic revenue slowdown limits spending
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62 billion fiscal year 2026 budget proposal Wednesday that attempts to conform to slower revenue ...
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Healey $62 billion budget leans on surtax to drive up spending
Including use of a larger surtax pool and hundreds of millions of dollars for the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, the bill would increase state spending about 7.4 percent over the fiscal 2025 budget ...
‘Very concerning’: Healey warns electricity costs in Mass. could jump by $200M under Trump tariffs
Tariffs will mean higher costs for Bay Staters, including for the basics like clothing and groceries, a "very concerned" ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey files $2.5 billion borrowing bill to improve public higher education infrastructure
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $2.5 billion borrowing bill Tuesday that would dump cash into Massachusetts’ public higher ...
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Healey mileage plan aims to aid rural roads in Central, Western Mass.
Gov. Maura Healey's proposal to increase state funding for local road and bridge projects includes major boosts for smaller ...