The Senate next week plans to add money back to the state budget by completing House-approved budget veto overrides, Senate President Karen Spilka told reporters Thursday.
Partisan gridlock is bringing the country closer to a potential government shutdown, a move that could create even more uncertainty nationwide, including for state budget writers in Massachusetts.
Gov. Maura Healey has been applying a full-court press to pass a $400 million bill aimed at strengthening Massachusetts’ research and innovation economy, but lawmakers have left the governor's plans for a "transformative investment" idling in the seven weeks since Healey proposed it.
Gov. Maura Healey announced on Thursday a plan charting a path forward for the state's biodiversity conservation goals and pledging to double the pace of land protection.
Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday announced a $2.45 billion spending bill to close the state's books for fiscal year 2025, packing it with a number of outside sections related to federal policy and spending concerns.