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Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 13-17
01-25-2025 8:52 PM

By BOB KATZEN

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.

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Nonprofits see threat in Healey plan to implement tax deduction cap for charitable donations
02-09-2025 8:57 AM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — As nonprofits across Massachusetts face uncertainty over the future of federal funding, some are also expressing concern over a proposal from Gov. Maura Healey that they fear could further strain their budgets.


Healey to seek reelection in 2026
02-07-2025 3:51 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.


Disaster relief fund, championed by local legislators, grows to $15M in FY26 budget proposal
02-06-2025 4:16 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — When flooding devastated the Pioneer Valley in summer 2023, it took an extraordinary partnership between the state, nonprofits and private individuals to quickly bring millions of dollars in aid to those affected.


Healey eyes ‘housing abundance’ in statewide plan
02-06-2025 2:25 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The astronomical cost of housing for Massachusetts households across the income spectrum and a bleak outlook for the new units needed over the next decade underscore the focus of the Healey administration’s new housing plan for the next five years — more production.


By-right accessory dwellings now allowed in communities statewide
02-04-2025 5:02 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Accessory dwelling units are now allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law Gov. Maura Healey signed in August. The rule went into effect on Sunday.


Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 20-24
02-03-2025 11:59 AM

By BOB KATZEN

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. Here are some of the many bills that were signed into law by Gov. Healey following the end of the 2024 session:


State board sees no easy answers on cellphones in classrooms
01-30-2025 3:59 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Campbell wants to stop students from using cellphones in schools, but education regulators seem unsure how far they should go — especially when that power lies not in the state’s hands, but with local school districts.


Rep. Blais files bill for private well standards
01-25-2025 8:43 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — New legislation filed by state Rep. Natalie Blais seeks the development of minimum statewide quality standards for private wells, as well as the expansion of a financial assistance program for residents trying to remediate wells contaminated by so-called “forever chemicals,” or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).


Push to legalize psychedelics returns: After defeat in November, 10 legislators file bills more limited in scope
01-24-2025 4:17 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

BOSTON — Less than three months after voters rejected a ballot measure to legalize certain natural psychedelic substances and introduce therapeutic care, legislators have filed 10 bills at the start of this legislative session hoping to push the cause forward.


Healey warns Trump tariffs will spark price increases
01-23-2025 4:07 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — 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.


Tax, policy measures fill Healey budget
01-22-2025 5:52 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Though Gov. Maura Healey maintains that she is not raising taxes, the budget she rolled out Wednesday could apply existing taxes to some purchases, or decrease how much residents are able to write off on their tax returns.


Healey offering $2.5B higher ed infrastructure plan
01-22-2025 3:24 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s.


Early educator recruitment lags amid low wages, licensure delays
01-20-2025 9:18 AM

By SYDNEY TOPF

Rosa Hernandez-O’Neil was surrounded by early educators growing up. Her mother ran a child care center in their home and her sisters all worked in the field. So, at 16 years old, Hernandez-O’Neil decided she wanted to join the family business as a teacher’s assistant.


Union: Faculty pay not keeping up with community college enrollment
01-19-2025 3:38 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON – As enrollment at community colleges booms under the state’s new free tuition program, the faculty that teach and support the burgeoning population are asking for their first wage equity adjustment in 25 years.


Healey targets primary care reforms, new graduation requirements in annual speech
01-17-2025 10:05 AM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — Drawing from Massachusetts history while also peeking into the future, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday night took stock of the state’s strengths and challenges in a speech that focused more on following through on past work than on announcing new initiatives.


Beacon Hill Roll Call, Jan. 6-10
01-17-2025 9:24 AM

By Bob Katzen

GOVERNOR SIGNS SEVERAL BILLS: Gov. Maura Healey signed several bills into law last week including:


Healey wants shelter law shakeup, seeks changes to Right to Shelter Law, stronger criminal background checks
01-16-2025 1:50 PM

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — With the state’s family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura Healey is recommending statutory changes to the decades-old Right to Shelter Law, asking House and Senate leadership to fold the reforms into a supplemental budget.


Planting the ‘care farm’ seed: ServiceNet touts its therapeutic farm in Hatfield a model for first-ever conference at UMass
01-16-2025 9:17 AM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — As visitors from throughout the country toured ServiceNet’s successful Prospect Meadow Farm in Hatfield on Monday to learn about “care farming” — a therapeutic approach that combines agriculture and health care — Shawn Robinson shared the story of an employee who was thriving while working at the 18-acre property.


Ed secretary pledges gender identity protections
01-15-2025 4:23 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON – The state’s top education official pledged Tuesday that Massachusetts schools would protect transgender students, even after a federal judge scrapped President Joe Biden’s expanded Title IX protections of LGBTQ students last week.


MassDOT issues 3rd warning about texting scam called smishing; UMass prof offers tips on what to do
01-14-2025 1:03 PM

By JANE KAUFMAN

It looks so benign.

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