Maura Healey, Massachusetts

Massachusetts House budget chief wants Gov. Healey to cough up more information on shelter system
Massachusetts would tax candy under new budget proposal
MA Gov. Maura Healey unveils $62B budget proposal
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Mass. Gov. Maura Healey submits $2.5 billion investment plan for state's public universities, colleges
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is touting a multi-billion investment plan targeting higher education. On the heels of her State of the Commonwealth address and ahead of her $62 billion budget proposal, Healey unveiled a plan to invest at least $2.5 billion into the state’s public universities and colleges, including its community colleges.
Healey says Massachusetts "not a sanctuary state," but law prevents police from enforcing ICE detainers
Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.
Maura Healey files $62 billion Massachusetts budget as post-pandemic revenue slowdown limits spending
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62 billion fiscal year 2026 budget proposal Wednesday that attempts to conform to slower revenue growth in the post-pandemic era by relying on a voter-approved surtax to buoy spending and cutting specific programs to save cash.
Lights. Camera. Ticket? Healey wants to allow Mass. cities, towns to deploy speed cameras.
Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help reduce crashes.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she won't get in way of federal immigration officials
Gov. Maura Healey said there is no reason to be concerned about it because Massachusetts is not a so-called "sanctuary state."
Five things to know about Gov. Maura Healey’s $62B budget plan
The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of residents and businesses," Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday.
Massachusetts governor says she supports ICE arrests of criminals
Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) said she supports “apprehension of criminals in our communities" when asked about recent ICE arrests in her state.
Poll: Do you support the proposed candy tax in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced thefiscal year 2026 budget on Wednesdsay.The governor's plan would newly apply the sales tax to candy sales
‘Giving her opponents political ammunition’: Governor Healey spent at least 76 days out of state in 2024
Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from the day she left Massachusetts for the Democratic National Convention in mid-August through Election Day on Nov.
‘Very concerning’: Healey warns electricity costs in Mass. could jump by $200M under Trump tariffs
Tariffs will mean higher costs for Bay Staters, including for the basics like clothing and groceries, a "very concerned" Healey is warning.
Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses
Governor Healey announced a bond bill that will be the largest infrastructure investment in the public higher education system in decades.