Maura Healey, Massachusetts

Maura Healey files $62 billion Massachusetts budget as post-pandemic revenue slowdown limits spending
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
Mass. Gov. Healey’s fiscal year 2026 budget leans on surtax on higher earners to drive up spending
Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, relying on burgeoning income tax collections from the state’s wealthiest.
Healey’s proposed $62B budget relies on surtax to drive up spending
Gov. Maura Healey filed a fiscal year 2026 budget totaling $62 billion that would continue popular but pricey programs such as universal school meals and pursue new policies such as traffic violation enforcement cameras.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey files $2.5 billion borrowing bill to improve public higher education infrastructure
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $2.5 billion borrowing bill Tuesday that would dump cash into Massachusetts’ public higher education system to update aging infrastructure that the first-term Democrat argued has suffered from years of neglect.
Healey files $62 billion state budget proposal
Gov. Maura Healey's $59.6 billion plan represents a 2.6% increase over the current year's budget. It also includes an additional $1.95 billion in supplemental spending funded by the state's Fair Share surtax,
Five things to know about Gov. Maura Healey’s $62B budget plan
The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of ...
Gov. Healey says Mass. "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.
‘Giving her opponents political ammunition’: Governor Healey spent at least 76 days out of state in 2024
Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from ...
In deal with feds, Mass. will have to pay back $2.1 billion misspent by Baker administration
The $2.1 billion mistake came to light soon after Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey took office in 2023, her administration ...
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.
Governor Healey unveils $2.5b plan for construction, maintenance projects on ‘aging’ state college campuses
Healey’s proposal, which requires approval by the Legislature, calls to use $125 million a year in revenue generated by the ...
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Healey's budget proposal bolsters MBTA and education, cuts healthcare costs
The $62 billion plan leans on revenue from the millionaire's tax, but also seeks money from speed cameras and candy.
Pols & Politics: Healey’s ‘unwavering’ commitment to arriving migrants finally faltered
Gov. Maura Healey’s “unwavering” commitment to arriving migrants in Massachusetts appeared to finally falter this month.
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Healey’s plan to eliminate broker fees met with approval and caution
Last year, city councilors filed a Home Rule Petition to ask the state to ban the practice of tenant-paid broker fees, and Boston and Cambridge city councilors joined the effort. With Healey’s ...
Governor Healey releases $62 billion budget plan that would inject new cash into MBTA, tax candy purchases
The spending proposal begins putting dollars behind various pledges Healey has made in recent days, including promises to ...