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Central Mass. schools granted $6.6M to train adults for high-demand professions

A total of 680 adult learners will benefit from a combined $6.6 million in funding from the Massachusetts state government, seeking to boost training in high-demand occupations within the trades, construction, and manufacturing sectors.

$259M in spending, reproductive legal shield, and infrastructure bills land on Healey’s desk

The Legislature treated the last day of July as it so often does: with a blitz of action to advance or wrap up multiple bills before lawmakers give themselves an extended break.

Healey introduces $400M initiative to support state research, jobs

Gov. Maura Healey wants to infuse the state's research and jobs sector with hundreds of millions of dollars as Massachusetts grapples with a tight fiscal climate and federal fluctuations in research and education support.

Planned Parenthoods in Worcester, Marlborough get state money amid Trump defunding efforts

The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts has received $2 million in funding through the state’s fiscal 2026 budget to support residents’ access to sexual and reproductive health care throughout the state.
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House passes bill to funnel millions into local road infrastructures

The House unanimously passed an enhanced Chapter 90 local road funding bond bill Wednesday, as Democrats touted a "fiscally responsible" borrowing approach that will also unlock millions of dollars for other local infrastructure needs throughout the state.

Healey signs state’s $60.9B annual budget

Gov. Maura Healey approved a $60.9 billion annual budget and rolled out a companion proposal designed to empower her administration with greater cost-cutting power.

State’s annual $61B budget sent to Healey’s desk

The Legislature on Monday tossed the budget hot potato to Gov. Maura Healey, approving an annual spending bill on the earliest date in nearly a decade as Congress hurtles toward major spending cuts that could force significant revisions to state plans.

Mass. budget pitch excludes job-saving provisions for mental health case workers

Department of Mental Health case managers continue to face job uncertainty, after budget negotiators opted against explicitly staving off the massive layoffs that Gov. Maura Healey had proposed in January.
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Mass. provides $1.5M for behavioral health workforce development in Worcester County

As Central Massachusetts grapples with an ongoing mental health crisis, nine Worcester County organizations have split nearly $1.5 million in state funding to make the road to becoming a behavioral health clinician more accessible for the area’s student population.  

House supports $7.1B interim budget as Mass. awaits annual budget determination

The House budget committee polled its members Monday morning on a $7.5 billion interim budget (H 4237) to pay the state's bills and fund accounts while Gov. Maura Healey takes her constitutionally allotted time to review the annual budget they're planning to deliver to her desk later in the day.
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