BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined a new multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to recoup more than $7.2 billion in frozen energy and…
Read more AGs sue to claw back clean energy grantsBOSTON — 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 cutsMiles Brundage, a well-known former policy researcher at OpenAI, is launching an institute dedicated to a simple idea: AI companies shouldn’t be allowed to grade their own homework.…
Read more Exclusive: Former OpenAI policy chief debuts new institute called AVERI, calls for independent AI safety audits | FortuneBOSTON — 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 premiumsBEVERLY — The city is facing a nearly $4 million shortfall in funding the fiscal 2027 operating budget. That number — $3,921,385, to be exact — was in…
Read more Beverly faces nearly $4 million budget shortfall this springBOSTON — 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 creditsBEVERLY — The city has secured a new electricity supply contract for a program that provides 100% renewable energy to Beverly residents. Participants in the Beverly Community Electric…
Read more Beverly Community Electric secures new contractBOSTON — 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 budgetBOSTON — House Democrats are walking back a controversial proposal to ease the state’s climate change mandates following pushback and threats of legal action from environmental groups opposed…
Read more House backs away from changesBOSTON — 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 assistanceBOSTON — Retail energy suppliers would be banned from marketing to low-income residential consumers under a climate change bill being considered by lawmakers, which has revived a fight…
Read more House bill sets new rules for retail energyBOSTON — 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 benefitsBOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined about two dozen other Democrats in suing the Trump administration over its decision to pull the plug on a $7…
Read more AGs sue Trump EPA over solar energy programBOSTON — Massachusetts cities and towns are facing a “historic fiscal crisis” amid rising operating costs, lackluster state aid and restraints on property tax increases, according to a…
Read more Report: Mass. cities, towns face ‘historic’ fiscal crisisBOSTON — Massachusetts is chasing after a slice of a $50 billion federal fund created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and policy bill to help offset…
Read more State seeks piece of $50B rural hospital fundFormer Michigan leaders Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) shared the stage on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Suburban Collection Showcase in Novi to…
Read more Former Gov. Rick Snyder, Sen. Debbie Stabenow honored for public service, call for unityBOSTON — Cities and towns will have access to a new pool of state money to rope in federal infrastructure funds for fixing crumbling roads and bridges and…
Read more State unveils grant programs to rope in fed fundingBOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey wants to streamline the state’s environmental regulatory process for building new homes as part of broader efforts to ease a shortage of housing.…
Read more Healey seeks to streamline housing permits