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 ...
Feds tie transportation funding to birthrates: ‘Concerning,’ says Massachusetts G. Maura Healey
Gov. Maura Healey slammed a memo from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that directs the federal Department of ...
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Massachusetts begins searching for its first poet laureate
Massachusetts was one of only three states without a poet laureate, according to the Library of Congress, joined by New ...
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 ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura 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 ...
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.
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.
Gov. Healey revisiting shutting down children’s hospital in Canton, Mass. Rep. Stephen Lynch says
They’re doing God’s work,” U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-8th District, said of the state-run Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for ...
In re-filed bill, Healey takes second swing to allow cities and towns to raise taxes on hotels, meals, cars
Among those provisions are three tax proposals that could collectively generate more than $150 million in new annual tax ...
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 ...
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Massachusetts embraces by-right accessory swellings
As of Sunday, accessory dwelling units are allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law Gov. Maura Healey signed in August.