Maura Healey wants to let Massachusetts cities, towns hike taxes on meals, hotel stays
Gov. Maura Healey filed legislation Friday that would allow cities and towns to hike taxes on hotel stays and meals, an ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s 7.4% spending hike in FY26 ‘certainly gives us pause,’ Senate budget chief says
A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year ...
Worcester Sen. Peter Durant mulling GOP guv bid in 2026
"“I think that the state of Massachusetts would be best served by someone who isn’t an extreme person on the right or the ...
The only winner in U.S./Canada trade war ‘will be China’: Top Canadian diplomat in Boston warns
Here's how you might feel the pinch from tariffs on Canadian good and services as they take effect this weekend.
Healey slammed for looking at children’s rehab hospital as a ‘budget problem’
Staffers at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children are calling on Maura Healey to visit their Canton facility after the governor vowed to reconsider her closure plan in the face of fierce ...
In re-filed bill, Healey takes second swing to allow cities and towns to raise taxes on hotels, meals, cars
Among those provisions are three tax proposals that could collectively generate more than $150 million in new annual tax ...
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Healey signs Rosa Parks Day Bill
Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator, ...
New England politicians slam Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico
Elected officials warned that building materials, fuel, kitchen appliances, and more could all be affected as the prospect of ...
What to know about Healey’s proposed candy tax
When Gov. Maura Healey announced her $62 billion budget proposal earlier this month, she floated the idea of removing the ...
Gov. Healey to revisit plan to close Canton children’s rehab, congressman says
Gov. Maura Healey will revisit her plan to close a Canton pediatric rehab and relocate services to western Mass., according ...
Town of Norwood, Massachusetts, creates working group with goal of reopening Norwood Hospital
The task will fall on us to do the heavy lifting; we need to find a viable operator with the capital to reopen Norwood ...