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.
by State House News Service | Feb 8, 2024
The performance of the Massachusetts economy during the last quarter of 2023 was “noticeably weaker” than the national economy, according to new report, in part thanks to a “much weaker than usual bonus season.”
by State House News Service | Feb 7, 2024
A trio of MBTA bus routes in Boston will continue to operate without charging fares for another two years thanks to an investment of more than $8 million from the city, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday.
by State House News Service | Feb 6, 2024
Touting the party as “in the strongest position we’ve seen in years,” MassGOP officials on Monday announced major fundraising success and plans to return operations to their former Boston headquarters.
by State House News Service | Feb 5, 2024
Massachusetts businesses kicked off the new year with a sunny disposition, with business confidence among employers surveyed by Associated Industries of Massachusetts rising to an 11-month high in January.
by State House News Service | Jan 30, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey is still waiting for the legislature to act on her big housing bill, but she paused Monday to swear in two panels of developers, municipal leaders and advocates Monday, charged with charting more housing production reforms.