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 ...
Healey reportedly rethinking plan to close Canton rehab hospital
Gov. Maura Healey is reevaluating her cost-cutting budget proposal to close a Canton public health hospital amid escalating ...
Peter Durant, a Republican state senator and Healey critic, says he’s weighing gubernatorial run
A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...
Boston Herald2d
Healey slammed for looking at children’s rehab hospital as a ‘budget problem’
Staffers at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children are calling on Maura Healey to visit their Canton facility after the governor vowed to reconsider her closure plan in the face of fierce ...
Janesville Gazette5d
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 ...
Gov. 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 ...
Boston Herald4d
Sen. Peter Durant, Spencer Republican, considering running for governor in 2026
Sen. Peter Durant, a Spencer Republican, said he is considering running for governor in 2026, adding to the field of conservatives who believe Gov. Maura Healey is a vulnerable candidate should ...
MassLive3d
Gov. Healey revisiting shutting down children’s hospital in Canton, Mass. Rep. Stephen Lynch says
Maura Healey is reportedly ... 25 News on Friday that he’d spoken to Healey and said she had agreed to take another look. “I’m delighted with the governor’s decision to sort of take ...
The Sun Chronicle4d
Healey trying again for local option tax hikes
Maura Healey on Friday filed a refreshed version ... sweeteners and policy tweaks aimed at empowering municipalities. The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities ...
WBUR5d
State Sen. Peter Durant is mulling a bid for governor
A Republican state senator who has emerged as a top critic of the state’s handling of the migrant shelter crisis is considering a run for governor ... take on Gov. Maura Healey, assuming ...
NECN3d
Healey blasts Trump tariffs, saying they'll increase the cost of groceries, clothing, housing and more
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey blasted President Donald Trump's decision to implement a 25% tariff on goods coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on goods from China on ...
The Lowell Sun5d
Editorial: All hands on deck as Healey takes pulse of state’s military bases
Maura Healey received an update Monday on the state ... Military Asset and Security Task Force met with both the governor and lieutenant governor to discuss the state’s six military ...