Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s top housing deputy meets with senators as shelter cash is set to run out
Gov. Maura Healey’s top housing deputy met privately with Democratic senators on Wednesday to discuss funding for the emergency shelter system, which is projected to run out of cash at the end of the month without a budget infusion the governor has called on lawmakers to approve.
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 2026 as Massachusetts faces constrained tax revenue growth and increased
Peter Durant, a Republican state senator and Healey critic, says he’s weighing gubernatorial run
A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House and later the Senate.
‘Devastating’: Healey offers condolences to Boston skating club victims killed in D.C. plane crash
Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.”
Healey’s hospital plan to shutter hospitals in Canton, Cape faces growing pushback
Pappas was a "life-changer" former patient Ann McDonald said. Patients and staff were "blindsided" by the decision to close it.
‘Raging moderate’: Is Mass. Gov. Maura Healey tacking toward the center ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial race?
Tax cuts. Cutting red tape. Deregulation. Making life easier for businesses. Cracking down on free benefits for newly arrived migrants. A pledge to work with the Trump administration. Those are key issues that Massachusetts conservatives have long championed.
Gov. Healey eyes tax increases for Massachusetts in her fiscal year 2026 budget proposal
Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an
Healey says Massachusetts "not a sanctuary state," but law prevents police from enforcing ICE detainers
Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.
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Gov. Maura Healey Nominates Four Attorneys for Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Bench
Governor Maura Healey nominated four attorneys for Massachusetts' Probate and Family Court, pending confirmation by the Governor’s Council. These nominees are expected to impact family legal issues statewide.
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 communications between officials and legal counsel.
Gov. Healey on recent Massachusetts immigration arrests: 'I support the apprehension of criminals'
Federal immigration agents were seen Wednesday taking a man into custody in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as well as making other arrests in East Boston.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she won't get in way of federal immigration officials
Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state."