BOSTON — Unions, advocates for low-income workers and other groups urged state lawmakers on Thursday to permanently “opt out” of several new federal laws enacted as part of…
Read more Lawmakers urged to ‘opt out’ of federal mandatesBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey called on lawmakers to use fiscal restraint as they consider her nearly $64 billion budget proposal amid concerns about dwindling federal support. During…
Read more Healey urges lawmakers to approve budgetBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to blunt the impact to state coffers from changes to the federal tax code under President Donald Trump’s new tax…
Read more Healey seeks to delay federal tax cutsBOSTON — The Healey administration is pumping an additional $250 million into the state-subsidized health care system to help offset the impact of now expired federal tax credits,…
Read more Healey taps $250M to offset rising health insurance premiumsBOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is renewing calls for Congress to extend Obamacare tax credits, warning that health care premiums for tens of thousands of Bay Staters…
Read more Healey urges Congress to extend Obamacare creditsBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed a $2.3 billion supplemental budget Tuesday that plugs revenue gaps from the previous fiscal year and buoys the state’s Medicaid program with…
Read more Healey signs $2.3B closeout budgetCape Ann and North Shore residents at area supermarkets donated 16,083 pounds of food Saturday, Nov. 22, during The Open Door’s Thanksgiving Food Drive, the nonprofit said. Members…
Read more The Open Door food drive nets 16K pounds of foodBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is joining a chorus demanding the Trump administration release federal dollars aimed at helping low-income people heat their homes with winter fast approaching.…
Read more Healey to Trump: Release LIHEAP fuel assistanceSALEM — The city of Salem’s Food Policy Council and the Salem Children’s Alliance have partnered with the Salem YMCA to make donated grocery store gift cards available…
Read more Grocery gift cards at Salem Y available to residents losing SNAP benefitsBOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders are being urged to tap the state’s $8.6 billion “rainy day” fund to help offset the impact of the federal government’s refusal to…
Read more State pressured to tap reserves for SNAP benefitsThe Bay State’s top Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to release more federal SNAP funding after the White House rolled out a plan to only partially…
Read more Officials press feds to fully fund SNAPBOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led more than two dozen states Tuesday in suing the Trump administration over its refusal to fund food stamps during the…
Read more AGs sue to preserve food stamp fundingThe state has almost 10,000 residents who are federal workers, and many will be working without pay, laid off or perhaps terminated due to the federal government shutdown…
Read more Federal shutdown impact NH being assessedMETHUEN — Across the Merrimack Valley, signs for three longtime health care institutions are coming down. On Tuesday, mayors, state legislators, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and other officials…
Read more Lawrence General, Holy Family hospitals rebrand with unified nameBOSTON — Massachusetts taxpayers will receive a big break next year under President Donald Trump’s recently enacted spending package, according to a new report. The Tax Foundation, a…
Read more Report: Mass. taxpayers to get big tax cut in 2026PEABODY — The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump last month is causing concern among residents and caregivers at a local nursing home who…
Read more Medicaid cuts create concern for North Shore nursing homesLAWRENCE — Local city councilors are the latest Merrimack Valley elected officials to back Market Basket’s suspended CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas. “We have seen firsthand the lasting impact…
Read more Lawrence city councilors back embattled Arthur T. DemoulasBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has created a task force aimed at helping the state fill an expected gap in federal funding for food insecurity programs. President Donald…
Read more Panel to study impact of SNAP cutsBOSTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will be getting an “automatic” break on their utility bills under a deal between the Healey administration and the…
Read more Deal provides ‘automatic’ discounts on utility billsBOSTON — Investigators uncovered more than $2.3 million in welfare fraud in the most recent quarter, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. The office’s Bureau of Special…
Read more State uncovers $2.3M in welfare, food stamp fraud
