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Maura Healey
Posted inEnvironment
Healey $1m ad campaign seeks to boost climate efforts
The “Climate Action is for All of Us” media campaign will attempt to educate residents on how they can participate in climate initiatives like electric vehicle adoption or residential solar programs.
Posted inCourts
Wolohojian confirmed on 6-1 vote
An Appeals Court jurist of 16 years and former partner at the firm now known as WilmerHale, Wolohojian’s nomination has drawn public scrutiny because of her past personal relationship with the governor. Healey and the judge shared a home in Charlestown for several years.
Posted inPolitics
Fires everywhere for Healey administration
Now, with more and more things going wrong at the same time, Healey is more willing to mix it up, lofting verbal volleys at those she regards as troublemakers. Her chief targets have been former president Donald Trump and Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, although in both cases she often refuses to call them out by name.
Posted inState Government
No evidence Fiandaca did any work during transition
“For the purposes of a smooth transition, it’s important that when there’s a departure of someone so senior that we be able to call upon that person,” Gov. Maura Healey said. “So it’s normal. You see that in a lot of departures.”
Posted inImmigration
Healey’s ‘Washington solution’ to migrant crisis derails
Sen. Ed Markey issued a statement saying he would continue to push for more funding to help Healey support migrants coming to the state, but he said he could not vote for the overly restrictive immigration policies contained in the bill.
Posted inState Government
Hits and misses on millionaire tax spending plan
With the release of her budget on Wednesday – the second including millionaire tax money — Gov. Maura Healey made some interesting moves. She delivered on some wish-list projects, missed on a couple others, and proposed a way to turn millions of dollars in millionaire tax money into billions of dollars for budget priorities.
Posted inTransportation
Healey’s $58b state spending plan boosts T, education funding with one-time revenues, cuts
Amid a forecast for little to no tax revenue growth, Healey’s team balanced their plan by trimming $450 million from various line items, proposing to prevent about half a billion dollars in other spending growth, and deploying $1.25 billion from other available state resources.
Posted inEconomy
Short takes: Healey backs Everett soccer stadium
The New England Revolution’s bid to bring a soccer stadium to Everett’s waterfront appears to have a new center forward who could help them score a win: Gov. Maura Healey.
Posted inState Government
Healey to seek funding replacement for gas tax
At a time when the state is attempting to encourage a dramatic shift to electric vehicles, the governor indicated it was time to chart a new course for transportation financing in what she called the clean energy era.