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Former Baker deputy Mike Kennealy launches campaign for governor

by Ella Adams | State House News Service and Chris Lisinski I State House News Service April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

A former private equity manager, who spent four years as state housing and economic development secretary under Gov. Charlie Baker, declared his candidacy for governor.

Posted inState House News Service

Gov. Healey seeks $756 million for ‘time-sensitive deficiencies’

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service April 3, 2025April 3, 2025

Healey’s office pitched the $190 million the bill includes for a child care financial assistance program as a way to “support Massachusetts residents at a time of rising costs.”

Massachusetts State House in Boston
Posted inState Government

Health care cash rained on Mass. lobbying world in 2024

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service March 19, 2025March 24, 2025

At a time when lawmakers are wrestling with cost, access and regulatory questions, health care industry power players continued to dominate the Beacon Hill lobbying world last year, spending the most on employing influential insiders who sway development of public policy.

Posted inEconomy

AG Campbell: Medical research change could ‘undermine our economy’

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service February 10, 2025February 11, 2025

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and nearly two dozen of her peers sued the Trump administration and federal health care agencies Monday, alleging that they unlawfully moved to cut crucial federal dollars for research.

Posted inState Government

Mass. scrambles to understand, react to fed funding freeze

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

The Trump administration’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending triggered an avalanche of uncertainty, panic and outrage, including a lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and several of her counterparts.

Posted inState Government

Healey budget leans on surtax to drive up spending

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service January 22, 2025January 23, 2025

Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, relying on burgeoning income tax collections from the state’s wealthiest and a slew of other budget-balancing strategies in a spending plan unveiled Wednesday.

Posted inImmigration

Trump citizenship order draws quick lawsuit

by Michael P. Norton I State House News Service and Chris Lisinski I State House News Service January 21, 2025January 22, 2025

President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship drew an immediate lawsuit from immigrants’ rights groups, including the ACLU of Massachusetts, and another subsequent complaint from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and more than a dozen of her peers.

Posted inState Government

Mass. owes feds $2.1 billion to resolve unemployment mistake

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service January 21, 2025January 21, 2025

The state will pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next decade after the Baker administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits.

Posted inState Government

Democrats redirect savings deposit to balance state budget

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

Lawmakers moved Monday to redirect more than half a billion dollars headed for the state’s long-term savings account and instead use it to close a budget gap and fund some additional spending.

Posted inTransportation

State officials must ‘repent’ for MBTA’s ‘crippling debts,’ watchdog says

by Chris Lisinski I State House News Service November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

An independent group took a deep dive through the history of public transit in Boston for its latest report about funding woes.

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