BOSTON — With construction season already in full swing, Gov. Maura Healey Friday signed the $375 million municipal transportation infrastructure bond bill that the state’s 351 municipalities will share for local road, bridge and sidewalk projects. McCracken Road in Millbury, frequently closed for construction, may be one of the roadways that will benefit from the […]
Gov. Maura Healey met Tuesday afternoon with various state agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to talk about bridge and port safety in the wake of the early-morning collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A cargo ship leaving Baltimore’s port reportedly lost power and collided with the foundation […]
Are Mass. bridges safe? Gov. Healey reacts to cargo ship crash that took down Baltimore bridge Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday said her administration is going to be “proactive” in making certain the state is taking all possible steps to “ensure the safety” of local ports and bridges hours after a cargo ship crash […]
Governor Maura Healey reacting to the alleged rape of a 15 year old disabled girl by 26 year old migrant Cory Alvarez at the Comfort Inn, an emergency assistance shelter set up by the state in Rockland. “It’s a horrible situation. It’s a horrible allegation. My thoughts are with the victim and her family” said […]
Governor Maura Healey plans to pardon simple possession cannabis convictions at the state level this week. “I think it’s great and I think it’s way past time,” said Devin Alexander, who grew up in Quincy. He says he was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2011 after getting pulled over while driving with friends. “It […]
A large wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard that began sending electricity to the grid in January is now producing more megawatts to power 30,000 Massachusetts homes, the governor said Thursday. Massachusetts’ first offshore wind project, Vineyard Wind 1, delivered power for the project’s first phase to the New England electric grid, Gov. […]
Labour will act to block people not fit to be MPs, shadow defence secretary John Healey has pledged, as the party struggles to deal with an ongoing row about comments made by its candidates. He insisted the party practiced “due diligence” when picking its candidates to be MPs but added: “You can’t see everything, everywhere.” […]
Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday nominated her former romantic partner and Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. Wolohojian and Healey, who are former longtime partners, first met while both were working at Hale & Dorr, according to a 2015 Boston Magazine article. Wolohojian […]
Members of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union (MCOFU) sent a letter to Governor Healey on Thursday, saying in part they’re “deeply troubled” by the planned closure of MCI-Concord in June. The medium-security men’s prison reportedly employs 300 MCOFU members and houses over 300 inmates. “With the planned closing we are concerned over how this […]
BOSTON ― In her State of the Commonwealth speech before a joint session of the House and Senate on Wednesday, Gov. Maura Healey leaned heavily on her past accomplishments and her future plans to create a more affordable, competitive and equitable Massachusetts. “Behind every decision we make is a person, a student, a family, a […]
Affordable housing, educational funding, and economic development are among the priorities that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey outlined in her State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday evening. It was Healey’s first State of the Commonwealth address since taking office one year ago. Healey highlighted the work that her administration accomplished during its first year to lower […]
Healey signs executive order for ‘universal, high-quality Pre-K access’ for gateway cities Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed an executive order directing a “whole-of-government approach to child care” that provides “universal, high-quality preschool access” to children in all gateway cities. The aim is to make early education and child care “more affordable and accessible for […]