Massachusetts 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 ...
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 ...
Healey goes all-in on early literacy, proposing to more than double state investment in new budget
Healey, a first-term Democrat, is requesting from the Legislature $50 million to support young students struggling to read.
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 ...
Free community college, $8B MBTA spending plan highlight Gov. Healey's State of the Commonwealth
In her second address of its kind, Governor Maura Healey touted the accomplishments of her administration and laid out a ...
Healey’s budget: Candy tax, hospital closures, and a big investment in the T
The state’s surtax on incomes over $1 million, approved by voters in 2022, is doing what it was intended to do: creating more ...
Gov. Healey targets primary care reforms, graduation requirements in annual speech
Rep. Marcus Vaughn, the Wrentham Republican chosen to give the GOP's response, referred to the avalanche of coverage about a ...
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Gov. Healey's 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 ...
MBTA funding, hospital closures, and other takeaways from Healey’s new budget
Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal was announced this week. It includes major transit and education investments.