Maura Healey

Surrounded by health care advocates and curious tourists peering into Nurses Hall, Gov. Maura Healey signed an expanded shield law Thursday giving patients and providers in Massachusetts a new layer of defense against out-of-state intrusion into reproductive and transgender care.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.