Governor Maura Healey

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.

Making her latest “State of the Commonwealth” speech Thursday night at 7 p.m., Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is slated to talk utility bills, how her administration plans to reduce them and how the state is faring in the face of federal cuts and changes of all kinds.WAMC’s Lucas Willard spoke with Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos about what’s likely to come up - plus election year implications.

As Governor Maura Healey prepares to deliver her state of the commonwealth address tonight, Western Massachusetts legislators are laying out their hopes and expectations.

The state auditor of Massachusetts is accusing the governor of unlawfully withholding documents from her office related to the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home disaster, where at least 76 veterans died during a COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020.

For years, passing the MCAS test in 10th grade was required in order to graduate high school in Massachusetts. Just over a year ago, Ballot Question 2 ended the practice, but also left the state searching for a new way to determine student competency across the commonwealth. Following a year of research and debate, a framework for new graduation requirements has emerged – recommendations that also include testing.