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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and her budget team hit the reset button Monday, announcing a plan to cut $375 million from the current year's budget amid flagging tax collections, to downgrade the amount of tax revenue expected this budget year by $1 billion, and to build the next state spending plan on the assumption that even less tax revenue will come in next year.
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A major environmental experiment will require new construction and major renovations to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for heating and cooling in some Massachusetts communities — none yet in the western part of the state.
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In this edition of Beacon Hill in 5, we hear about some new laws — and what's ahead for Massachusetts lawmakers.
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A new report offers the fullest look to date at the costs of an emergency shelter crisis that caused Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to declare a state of emergency in August.
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Top Massachusetts senators were saddened by their colleagues' public remarks.
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Language requiring updates every two weeks on the emergency shelter system in Massachusetts was tucked into a spending bill that passed and was signed by Gov. Maura Healey last week.
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Gov. Maura Healey nominated state Solicitor Elizabeth "Bessie" Dewar, who briefly succeeded Healey as Massachusetts attorney general earlier this year, to the Supreme Judicial Court on Friday, the governor's first nomination to the state's highest court.
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With most lawmakers headed home for the holiday break, members of the conference committee continue to try to work out differences between spending bills approved by the Massachusetts House and Senate. The bills hold funds for the state's emergency shelters.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said officials are seeing a "drop" in new arrivals seeking emergency shelter, but she said it's difficult to pinpoint the cause.
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More than a week after the Healey administration began placing shelter-seeking families on a waitlist, officials announced Monday that they will use part of the MBTA's headquarters to temporarily house eligible families for whom no space is available.