Governor Maura Healey

A Berkshire state representative says a Pittsfield armored vehicle company that’s done the most business with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Massachusetts during the second Trump administration should turn down any future work with the agency.

The state official charged with overseeing and encouraging housing efforts in Massachusetts is stepping down.

Berkshire County activists say Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is more talk than action when it comes to protecting state residents from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. As WAMC reports, the activists made their feelings known during the governor’s most recent trip to the region.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was in Pittsfield this week to announce a new round of state grants that will support the construction of 1,300 new homes across the commonwealth, including almost 50 in Berkshire County’s largest community.

Organized labor groups representing thousands of educators in Massachusetts say Gov. Maura Healey’s budget proposal doesn’t do enough to confront a fiscal crisis facing commonwealth schools.

This week, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a $63 billion spending plan, filed amid an election year. The budget proposal packs increases to local aid while seemingly avoiding any massive cuts.Most lawmakers in the Pioneer Valley say there are no objections to more aid, but as some told WAMC, making sure funding keeps up with growing costs and other factors remains a priority as the legislative session goes on.

The Democratic governor of Massachusetts is taking action to shield the commonwealth from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including banning its agents from entering spaces like courthouses and schools.

WAMC's Josh Landes and Lucas Willard explore Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

Giving her third State of the Commonwealth address, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday talked up her affordability agenda, including plans to reduce gas and electric bills for residents this February and March.Expanding homebuyer assistance, affordable pre-K funding and access, and finding more ways to lower health care costs were also big-ticket items. But after a year of federal moves that froze food assistance funding and let federal health care plan subsidies expire, the Democrat also spent much of the night explaining how the state’s responding to the Trump administration.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey brought up bridges in her State of the Commonwealth Thursday night — a topic near and dear to the hearts of Western Massachusetts communities in dire need of long-delayed and much needed infrastructure repair.