Tax cuts. Cutting red tape. Deregulation. Making life easier for businesses. Cracking down on free benefits for newly arrived migrants. A pledge to work with the Trump administration. Those are key issues that Massachusetts conservatives have long championed.
The Healey administration provided House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz with a trove of information and documents about the state’s emergency assistance system and Gov. Maura
Governor Maura Healey’s office rejected a Globe request for documents tied to the order, claiming they are confidential communications between officials and legal counsel.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey discussed a slew of issues facing the state, including immigration and recent moves by the Trump administration to put a freeze on all federal grants and loans.
Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.
It was not immediately clear how much money headed to Massachusetts might be affected by the pause, but it could carry major implications.
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
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic era by relying on a voter-approved surtax to buoy spending decisions and
Federal immigration agents were seen Wednesday taking a man into custody in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as well as making other arrests in East Boston.
Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state."
Governor Healey bans NDAs in employment cases within the executive branch, mandating transparency in settlements.
If President Donald Trump puts a 25% tariff on products coming from Canada starting next weekend, as he said this week he is considering, electricity costs in Massachusetts could increase by as much as $200 million a year, Gov. Maura Healey told business leaders Thursday morning.