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Healey overhauls regulators on state public utilities board

The Healey administration on Wednesday rolled out its refreshed roster for the Department of Public Utilities and charged the new trio with creating a "21st Century DPU."

After 22,365 deaths, Healey to end COVID-19 public health emergency

The Gov. Maura Healey Administration said Wednesday the state’s public health emergency over the coronavirus pandemic will end on May 11, the same day as the federal COVID-19 emergency will expire.

Surtax funds flowing in as federal funds dissipate

Legislative budget writers zeroed in on the responsibility they will have to simultaneously establish a process for handling new revenue from the state's income surtax and manage the steady phase-out of federal aid that helped prop up numerous programs for the last few years.

Healey plan divides oversight of development projects

Gov. Maura Healey wants to separate housing and economic development in the state's bureaucracy, mostly to give housing production the enhanced focus she says it desperately needs.
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Healey still pushing for $200M to boost microtech

Gov. Maura Healey is angling to attract federal dollars to Massachusetts for microelectronics and other tech advancements, despite the House appearing to not share her urgency.

Healey plan reopens tax debate in legislature

Massachusetts lurched back into the tax debate on Monday as Gov. Maura Healey unveiled details of a relief package whose cost could swell to nearly $1 billion per year, giving lawmakers a menu to add or slash from in the coming months as they wade back into a topic they spurned last summer.

Healey restarts tax relief debate with $859M plan

Attempting to restart a debate that skidded out last summer, the Healey administration on Monday rolled out an $859 million tax relief proposal that would offer new breaks to hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters while reforming the estate tax and the levy on short-term capital gains.

Healey: Minimum wage should keep pace with inflation

Hours after Gov. Maura Healey responded to a question about another minimum wage hike without staking out a yes-or-no position, her press secretary said Healey supports adjusting the wage floor to soften the impact of inflation.
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State expecting elevated tax revenues to hold

The Healey Administration and legislative budget managers agreed Monday to build their upcoming state budget plans on the assumptions that they will have elevated general state tax revenue and and addition $1 billion from the high-earner surtax.

Healey offers sympathetic ear in business address

Three weeks into her tenure in the corner office, Gov. Maura Healey told business leaders her administration is ready to "do more" to address their pressing concerns and targeted workforce strain, tax relief and health care investment as broad areas of focus.
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