by State House News Service | Mar 28, 2024
The university will embark on a massive, nearly $800 million development campaign poised to bring hundreds of units of housing, hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial space and a new dormitory to the Mill City.
by State House News Service | Mar 27, 2024
Rep. Aaron Michlewitz said it’s been difficult to develop this spending plan because he’s not exactly sure what’s led to state tax collections running $186 million behind last yea
by State House News Service | Mar 26, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey said she hopes that communities considering defying the state’s multifamily zoning law will instead work with the state.
by State House News Service | Mar 21, 2024
House Speaker Ron Mariano on Thursday voiced an openness to considering a local-option real estate transfer tax to boost the affordable housing supply and indicated he would use water and sewer infrastructure to unlock a long-stalled development site.
by State House News Service | Mar 21, 2024
A $335 million federal funding award clears a “major, major hurdle” for an infrastructure megaproject in Allston that will provide long-awaited access to the Charles River waterfront and push the state closer to a westward passenger rail expansion, a top state official said Wednesday.
by State House News Service | Mar 20, 2024
As Massachusetts struggles with a workforce shortage that is being felt in industries around the state and country, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration released a new plan Monday to “attract, retain and develop a future workforce.”
by State House News Service | Mar 17, 2024
Matt Maggiore got his start at his family’s Woburn-based construction and development firm as a laborer alongside young Ben and Casey Afleck. Now company president, he’s hunting for suburban Boston condominium development sites.
by State House News Service | Mar 15, 2024
MBTA budget-writers will attempt to balance the agency’s books next year by trimming spending on consultants and delaying lower-priority purchases, taking aim at a $93 million budget gap, officials said Thursday.
by State House News Service | Mar 14, 2024
Families in the state’s emergency shelters could soon face time limits on how long they stay in shelters, and the head of the state’s immigration office says she’s confident that officials will find “viable options” for those who exhaust their stays.
by State House News Service | Mar 13, 2024
While Boston awaits a judge’s decision on whether the city can renovate a run-down stadium in a public park to host a professional women’s soccer team, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended the idea on Tuesday, claiming that the stadium would still be available for community use over 90 percent of the time.
by State House News Service | Mar 12, 2024
With the region already grappling with workforce shortages, a quarter of young professionals living in Greater Boston intend to move elsewhere over the next five years as they navigate their career prospects and housing affordability, a new survey released Monday found.
by State House News Service | Mar 8, 2024
The latest report that the Federal Reserve compiled from banking and business contacts across New England revealed little movement in macroeconomic conditions, but it did indicate that “home sales appeared to turn a corner in recent data.”
by State House News Service | Mar 7, 2024
House Democrats voted Wednesday to steer another $245 million toward the overwhelmed emergency family shelter system while capping how long people can receive its services, along the way rejecting a Republican proposal to limit program eligibility.
by State House News Service | Mar 6, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey announced a $20 million campaign Tuesday to end veteran homelessness as she lamented the hundreds of former Massachusetts service members who have nowhere to call home.
by State House News Service | Mar 5, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey’s sweeping, $4.1 billion housing bond bill is moving forward in the legislative pipeline – so far without changes.
by State House News Service | Mar 4, 2024
More than 115 members of the Massachusetts clergy signed onto an open letter to House and Senate leadership Sunday, saying that “it is clear that the issue of housing has all but consumed the hearts and minds of our people” and urging the Legislature to take five specific steps to contend with the state’s housing crunch.
by State House News Service | Mar 1, 2024
The Healey administration’s new Transportation Funding Task Force will be “looking at everything – congestion pricing, tolling, every single option there is” for state funding of roads and transit, the group’s chair said
by State House News Service | Feb 20, 2024
Warning about the prospect of a “permanently diminished city,” think tank analysts said a sharp and steady drop in the value of office buildings could soon punch a hole in the city’s budget, endangering resources for schools, first responders and more.
by State House News Service | Feb 14, 2024
Milton voters will head to the polls a day later than originally planned for a referendum on whether to comply with a state zoning reform law, and Gov. Maura Healey hopes they’ll fill in the bubble for “yes.”
by State House News Service | Feb 13, 2024
While a new panel of government officials, business leaders transportation activists and commuters prepare for another round of investigation into how the state should fund roads and transit, Gov. Maura Healey will keep an open mind – including around the possibility of new or increased taxes.