GOVERNORS

The provision allowing governmental bodies to meet using remote meeting technology has not been renewed yet. It, along with other pandemic-related measures are set to expire on March 31 and April 1, if the Legislature doesn't get a measure through conference committee and to the Governor in time.

Gov. Maura Healey said the vaccination requirement saved “countless lives." But she said it’s time to update the state’s COVID response.

More than a million state residents on MassHealth will be getting U-S postal mail with a blue envelope from the state agency. It means a re-certification is required, and the clock is ticking.

One of the key tasks for whoever fills the rural affairs job will be to review all Massachusetts grant opportunities to ensure that barriers for rural and small towns are limited.

Healey's office said her office is completely exempt from the public records law, despite a pledge last year to voluntarily comply with the law. The agency rejected a WBUR request for copies of complaints about sexual harassment, as well as settlement and severance pacts, involving members of the governor's office.

The implementation of legal mobile sports betting in Massachusetts is this week. Mobile platforms will join in-person betting operations at MGM Springfield, Plainridge Park Casino, and Encore Boston Harbor.

The budget plan calls for funding for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which sits at the center of the state's efforts to reduce carbon emissions to a net-zero level by 2050 and to electrify buildings, vehicles and more.

Gov. Maura Healey's first state budget will be filed this week. All eyes will be on her following through with the funding on the priorities and promises that she highlighted while on the campaign trail.

Gov. Maura Healey’s first several weeks in office have been a time of foundation-building: putting together her team, reintroducing herself to top lawmakers, and publicly setting the goals that will define her tenure as she leads Massachusetts.

The current worker shortage in Massachusetts is putting the onus on employers to be 'employers of choice.' Business group AIM says data shows the projected number of available jobs and projected growth in the workforce will further widen the divide in coming years.