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.
Maura Healey files $62 billion Massachusetts budget as post-pandemic revenue slowdown limits spending
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic ...
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.
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 enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help ...
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.
Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses
The bill is the largest proposed investment in state universities including the UMass system and community colleges in ...
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Right to Shelter Law in Massachusetts: Cost concerns threaded 1983 homelessness debate
Right to shelter did not make headlines back in 1983 when Gov. Dukakis signed a $1.6M homeless bill. Here's what was debated.
Massachusetts plans to close mental health center, in addition to pediatric rehab hospital
Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a mental health center in Cape Cod, in addition to shuttering a state-run pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Canton.
Massachusetts must pay feds $2.1B after mistakenly using pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits
Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next decade after the prior administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits.
House budget chief wants Gov. Healey to cough up more information on shelter system
A top House Democrat demanded Gov. Maura Healey’s administration cough up more information about the state-run emergency shelter system before the chamber moves forward with a series of ...