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Lucas: Fighting words: Healey’s war on Trump won’t win Bay State any favors: Gov. Maura Healey’s unrelenting criticism of Donald Trump could come back to haunt ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/15/lucas-fighting-words-healeys-war-on-trump-wont-win-bay-state-any-favors/
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Lawmakers slam Gov. Maura Healey’s ‘covert operation’ to move migrants around Massachusetts
bostonherald.com/2024/04/12/lawmakers-slam-covert-operation-to-move-migrants-around-massachusetts/
Massachusetts conservatives knock ‘irresponsible spending’ on state-funded shelters
bostonherald.com/2024/04/09/massachusetts-conservatives-knock-irresponsible-spending-on-state-funded-shelters/
Gov. Healey eyeing changes to State Police promotion process as agency faces lawsuits
bostonherald.com/2024/04/13/gov-healey-eyeing-changes-to-state-police-promotion-process-as-agency-faces-lawsuits/
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President Biden, Governor Healey slam Trump’s abortion stance: Former president Trump said abortion policies should be left to the states, avoiding a position on ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/08/nation/president-biden-governor-healey-trump-abortion-stance/
Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans Block Efforts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
- Democratic bills to repeal a 160-year-old abortion ban were blocked in the Legislature.
- Arizona's highest court decision upholding a 1864 abortion ban caused chaos and confusion.
- Democrats aimed to repeal the ban to protect women's health, facing hurdles in the Republican-controlled legislature.
- The uncertainty loomed over whether Republican leaders would allow immediate action on repealing the ban, despite pressure from Democrats and some Republicans.
Massachusetts House files $58B budget that is slightly less than Gov. Healey’s plan
bostonherald.com/2024/04/10/massachusetts-house-files-58b-budget-that-is-slightly-less-than-gov-healeys-plan/
MassGOP wants investigation into donations from caterer awarded no-bid contract: The MassGOP called for an investigation into a no-bid contract to provide food ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/06/massgop-wants-investigation-into-donations-from-carter-awarded-no-bid-contract/
Building housing at the old Fort Devens seems simple. It isn’t.: An agreement between the three towns that the old Army base straddles is just the first step in ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/14/business/housing-fort-devens-state-house/
Memo outlines state’s strict new hiring rules; Healey insists there’s no ‘freeze’
bostonherald.com/2024/04/03/memo-outlines-states-strict-new-hiring-rules-healey-insists-theres-no-freeze/
Howie Carr: Healey’s taxing hack holding pen: Massachusetts is doing great, at least if you’re named Melissa and you gave a grand to the governor.
bostonherald.com/2024/04/05/howie-carr-healeys-taxing-hack-holding-pen/
Paid articlePaid Key details from Massachusetts emergency shelter system contracts: A trove of records released Wednesday offers some insight into the millions the state is ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/05/key-details-from-massachusetts-emergency-shelter-system-contracts/
Mass. pardons all misdemeanor pot convictions: It's the widest act of clemency any state has performed since Biden called for pardons last year.
axios.com/local/boston/2024/04/03/massachusetts-pardon-misdemeanor-marijuana-convictions
Battenfeld: Healey faces more national heat over her treatment of Massachusetts veterans
bostonherald.com/2024/04/02/battenfeld-healey-faces-more-national-heat-over-her-treatment-of-massachusetts-veterans/
Former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis celebrated at Northeastern U.: Dukakis is now the Distinguished Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Northeastern ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/11/metro/celebrating-michael-s-dukakis/
Battenfeld: Maura Healey needs to take bold action to reform UMass hack haven: The political hack haven of UMass and its campuses are costing the state billions ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/06/battenfeld-maura-healey-needs-to-take-bold-action-to-reform-umass-hack-haven/
Massachusetts March revenues ‘more positive than we expected,’ Gov. Healey says: Massachusetts tax collections for March beat expectations even as the total haul ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/03/massachusetts-march-revenues-more-positive-than-we-expected-gov-healey-says/
Budget cuts on the table amid runaway migrant costs, Speaker says: House Speaker Ron Mariano suggested that broad budget cuts could be on the table for the FY26 ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/28/budget-cuts-on-the-table-amid-runaway-migrant-costs-speaker-says/
Whittier Tech may move into novel ‘shared campus model’ with local community college after failed building proposal
bostonherald.com/2024/04/04/whittier-tech-may-move-into-novel-shared-campus-model-with-local-community-college-after-failed-building-proposal/
Steward hospital crisis has no end in sight: Mass General Brigham hasn’t tipped its hand, at least not publicly, and Governor Maura Healey hasn’t said much other ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/15/business/steward-hospital-closings-mass-general-brigham-healey-administration/
Lucas: Baltimore bridge catastrophe complicates Cape projects: It is good that Gov. Maura Healey, in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/01/lucas-baltimore-bridge-catastrophe-complicates-cape-projects/
A half-century of helping those who have lost all hope : This Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the first American branch of Samaritans in ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/01/metro/half-century-helping-those-who-have-lost-all-hope/
Is Beacon Hill finally ready to tackle the fiscal headache that is the MBTA? : Lawmakers are proposing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/09/metro/is-beacon-hill-finally-ready-tackle-fiscal-headache-that-is-mbta/
Cheers and jeers at UMass Boston: Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco's, the 9th at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was inaugurated Friday with Gov ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/05/cheers-and-jeers/
MBTA board passes $23M discount fare program for low-income riders: Roughly 60,000 low-income riders who rely on the MBTA are set to receive half-priced tickets ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/28/mbta-board-passes-23m-discount-fare-program-for-low-income-riders/
Governor Healey pressed to facilitate deal to reopen Steward's Norwood Hospital: Representative John H. Rogers filed a budget amendment calling on the ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/12/business/steward-hospital-closures-norwood/
Governor Healey should disclose her out-of-state trips in advance: The solution to safety concerns is more security, not more secrecy.
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/28/opinion/healey-trips-out-of-state/
Pols & Politics: Details of Gov. Healey’s blanket pot pardons could come Wednesday
bostonherald.com/2024/03/31/pols-politics-details-of-gov-healeys-blanket-pot-pardons-could-come-wednesday/
Paid articlePaid Lucas: Where has all the swagger gone in Mass. politics?: The last Boston politician with swagger was the late Mayor Kevin White (1968-1984) and he didn’t need a ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/28/lucas-where-has-all-the-swagger-gone-in-mass-politics/
Letters to the editor: Herald readers sound off on the plan to house immigrant families in the old Chelsea Soldiers Home.
bostonherald.com/2024/04/08/letters-to-the-editor-607/
Taunton, USA: the town that shares 400 years of history with Somerset: Taunton Massachusetts is twinned with Taunton in Somerset and shares our incredible ...
somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/say-hello-taunton-usa-town-9155679
Whittier Tech move to Essex Community College campus proposed by Healey: After losing a vote for a new building, Whittier Tech is exploring a move across ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/04/metro/whittier-tech-essex-community-college-campus-proposed/
Budget cuts on the table amid runaway migrant costs, Speaker says: House Speaker Ron Mariano suggested that broad budget cuts could be on the table for the FY26 ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/28/budget-cuts-on-the-table-amid-runaway-migrant-costs-speaker-says/
Massachusetts spending $75 million a month on shelters, cash could run out in April without infusion
bostonherald.com/2024/03/22/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion/
Old Chelsea Soldiers Home will be used to house migrant families: “We have said for months now that our system is at capacity, and we do not have the space ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/25/old-chelsea-soldiers-home-will-be-used-to-house-migrant-families/
Gov. Maura Healey reverses course on her out-of-state travel disclosure policy: Gov. Maura Healey said she plans to start disclosing her personal out-of-state ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/22/gov-maura-healey-reverses-course-on-her-out-of-state-travel-disclosure-policy/
Massachusetts bridges ‘up to date’ with inspections, Maura Healey says after Baltimore bridge collapse
bostonherald.com/2024/03/26/massachusetts-bridges-up-to-date-with-inspections-maura-healey-says-after-baltimore-bridge-collapse/
Healey announces sweeping pardons for simple possession of cannabis | WBUR News: Healey's pardon forgives all state court misdemeanor convictions for possession ...
wbur.org/news/2024/03/13/massachusetts-governor-pardon-marijuana-possession
New Healey ad touts tax cuts Baker couldn’t pass: "I believe government should be there to make life easier, not harder. That’s why I’m proud that we’ve ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/18/new-healey-ad-touts-tax-cuts-baker-couldnt-pass/
Rep. Jim Jordan launches investigation into Haitian accused of raping migrant girl in Rockland
bostonherald.com/2024/03/20/rep-jim-jordan-launches-investigation-into-haitian-accused-of-raping-migrant-girl-in-rockland/
Boston St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast political roast highlights: Wu faces holiday party jabs, Spilka takes aim at DiZoglio, and Healey shows up as a ‘DunQueen’
bostonherald.com/2024/03/17/boston-st-patricks-day-breakfast-political-roast-highlights-wu-faces-holiday-party-jabs-spilka-takes-aim-at-dizoglio-and-healey-shows-up-as-a-dunqueen/
MCAS: Healey opposes ballot measure to spike graduation mandate: "I do not support getting rid of MCAS,” the governor said during a radio appearance Tuesday.
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/19/metro/maura-healey-opposes-ballot-question-mcas-graduation/
Healey defends decision to keep personal trip details secret: Governor Maura Healey told reporters Monday that she intends to share information publicly about ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/18/metro/maura-healey-defends-keeping-personal-travel-details-secret/
Healey political arm releases ad boasting tax relief: The 30-second ad, which will run on sites including YouTube and Hulu starting Monday ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/18/metro/healey-tax-relief-political-ad/
Lucas: Trashing Trump could come back to haunt Healey: Healey sued Trump some one hundred times during the four years he was president, and she was attorney ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/07/lucas-trashing-trump-could-come-back-to-haunt-healey/
Gov. Healey asks Biden administration to reconsider disaster relief denial: “These storms were devastating for our communities. I saw the impacts firsthand – ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/12/gov-healey-asks-biden-administration-to-reconsider-disaster-relief-denial/
Editorial: Without change to right-to-shelter, Mass. to remain strained: Bottom line: something's got to give - and it can't continue to be whatever ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/06/editorial-without-change-to-right-to-shelter-mass-to-remain-strained/
Mariano: State needs to tackle housing crisis: The $4 billion housing bond bill includes a controversial proposal to allow cities and towns to impose a new ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/21/business/mariano-housing-transfer-tax/
Mass. launches new $10.5M program to help 400 migrant families move out of state-run shelters
bostonherald.com/2024/03/07/mass-launches-new-program-to-help-400-migrants-move-out-of-state-run-shelters/
Healey administration, feds sign new Cape Cod bridge project deal: The memorandum of understanding announced Thursday between the Healey administration and Army ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/21/metro/cape-cod-bridges-maura-healey-new-agreement-army-corps/
Steward Health Care: Could financial crisis have been stopped?: Time and again, state officials have lacked the tools to hold Steward Health Care to account ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/25/business/steward-financial-ruin-state-intervention-massachusetts/
Lucas: On the heels of the elusive Maura Healey: The governor takes a public elevator with other people to the corridor outside her office where ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/21/lucas-on-the-heels-of-the-elusive-maura-healey/
Mass. looks to end veteran homelessness with $20M campaign: A $20 million campaign in Massachusetts looks to bring veteran homelessness to "functional zero ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/05/mass-looks-to-end-veteran-homelessness-with-20m-campaign/
Mass. Legislature appears poised to finally outlaw 'revenge porn': With months of legislating left, survivors and advocates say they’re hopeful — some for the ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/20/metro/massachusetts-senate-house-revenge-porn/
Mass. migrant crisis forces hard choices for liberal leaders: An influx of new arrivals is complicating traditional party-line politics on immigration and ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/05/metro/massachusetts-liberal-leaders-migrant-crisis/
Fort Point neighbors blast governor, nonprofit for icing them out of migrant shelter plans
bostonherald.com/2024/02/28/fort-point-neighbors-blast-governor-nonprofit-for-icing-them-out-of-migrant-shelter-plans/
Gov. Healey says her economic development borrowing bill will run about $3.5B: Gov. Maura Healey plans to file this week a roughly $3.5 billion-plus economic ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/29/gov-healey-says-her-economic-development-borrowing-bill-will-run-about-3-5b/
Gov. Healey’s former romantic partner, Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian, approved to SJC
bostonherald.com/2024/02/28/gov-healeys-former-romantic-partner-judge-gabrielle-wolohojian-approved-to-sjc/
Lucas: Bad bet: Former Rep. David Nangle says no time for cuts in the fight against problem gambling
bostonherald.com/2024/03/11/lucas-bad-bet-former-rep-david-nangle-says-no-time-for-cuts-in-the-fight-against-problem-gambling/
Stars could align on Beacon Hill for emergency shelter reforms in Massachusetts: Gov. Maura Healey said she is open to reforming the shelter system amid capacity ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/29/stars-could-align-on-beacon-hill-for-emergency-shelter-reforms-in-massachusetts/
Seaport’s Fort Point neighborhood selected to host migrant families, Gov. Healey says
bostonherald.com/2024/02/26/seaports-fort-point-neighborhood-selected-to-host-migrant-families-gov-healey-says/
Massachusetts' top appeals court judge to resign: Mark V. Green, the chief justice of the Massachusetts appeals court, told Governor Maura Healey he will resign ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/06/metro/massachusetts-appeal-court-mark-v-green-retire-maura-healey/
Massachusetts State Police fire back after police officers push for review of embattled agency
bostonherald.com/2024/03/12/massachusetts-state-police-fire-back-after-police-officers-push-for-review-of-embattled-agency/
House Democrats considering changes to how state-run shelter program is managed: Top House Democrats said they are considering changes to how officials “manage” ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/28/house-democrats-considering-changes-to-how-state-run-shelter-program-is-managed/
Republicans say state-run shelter system is ‘broken’ as Mass. House approves time limits
bostonherald.com/2024/03/06/republicans-say-state-run-shelter-system-is-broken-as-mass-house-approves-time-limits/
Steady influx of migrant families keep Fort Point shelter end date uncertain: The Healey administration wouldn’t commit to an end date for a new overflow site ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/02/steady-influx-of-migrant-families-keep-fort-point-shelter-end-date-uncertain/
Editorial: Don’t botch the border again, Biden – Mass. needs help: A sobering fact for Biden: a new Monmouth University poll found that 53% of respondents ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/27/editorial-dont-botch-the-border-again-biden-mass-needs-help/
O’Brien: Healey to Roxbury: Migrants matter more: Once again the Chief Executive of an American state has placed the well-being of foreign nationals above the ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/25/obrien-healey-to-roxbury-migrants-matter-more/
Battenfeld: Heavy-handed Healey crushing dissent by punishing communities and voters
bostonherald.com/2024/02/22/battenfeld-heavy-handed-healey-crushing-dissent-by-punishing-communities-and-voters/
Federal government contributes $335m to re-do Mass. Pike in Allston: The state still is expected to pay for the bulk of the project’s nearly $2 billion price tag ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/12/business/allston-turnpike-highway-project/
Bear hugs: MassWildlife has been collaring female black bears since 1980, when there were an estimated 100 bears. Now the state's black bear population is 4 ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/11/metro/bear-hugs/
Massachusetts closing in on hiring a permanent State Police leader: Massachusetts is closing in on a hire for the top job in the State Police ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/06/massachusetts-closing-in-on-hiring-a-permanent-state-police-leader/
Gov. Healey targets life sciences, climate tech, artificial intelligence in eco dev bill
bostonherald.com/2024/02/27/gov-healey-targets-life-sciences-climate-tech-artificial-intelligence-in-eco-dev-bill/
Supreme Judicial Court nominee Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian on glide path to high court
bostonherald.com/2024/02/21/supreme-judicial-court-nominee-judge-gabrielle-wolohojian-on-glide-path-to-high-court/
Massachusetts school officials ask for governor to send the National Guard to help with unruly high school
pbs.org/newshour/education/massachusetts-school-officials-ask-for-governor-to-send-the-national-guard-to-help-with-unruly-high-school
Critics assail Healey plan to cut funding for gambling addiction: The cuts would come as a new era of legalized sports betting takes root in Massachusetts ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/04/metro/healey-plans-to-cut-gambling-addiction-funding/
Co-pay: Bay State pols green with cash from Steward CEO: Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre has funneled thousands to both Democratic and Republican ...
bostonherald.com/2024/03/04/co-pay-bay-state-pols-green-with-cash-from-steward-ceo/
Gaskin: What comes from Black advisory commissions?: Looking at the commonwealth’s website, it is hard to tell what if anything comes from these Black Advisory ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/27/gaskin-what-comes-from-black-advisory-commissions/
Offshore wind farm near Martha’s Vineyard generates enough power for 30K homes: A wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard delivered enough power to the ...
bostonherald.com/2024/02/22/offshore-wind-farm-near-marthas-vineyard-generates-enough-power-for-30k-homes/
Cambridge officials press secretary of state to turn migrant shelter into 24/7 operation
bostonherald.com/2024/02/17/cambridge-officials-press-secretary-of-state-to-turn-migrant-shelter-into-24-7-operation/
Migrant crisis: Mass. House considering changing shelter program: Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano said state policymakers need to reconsider how they ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/02/28/metro/mass-house-speaker-ron-mariano-shelter-changes-migrant-crisis/
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