Gov. Maura Healey

On Monday, Mayor Michelle Wu joined Jeannine Russell, Gov. Maura Healey, other state and local officials, and Celtics leadership and players to rename the North Washington Street Bridge the William Felton “Bill” Russell Bridge, in honor of NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell.   

The passage of new state legislation last month slated 225 new liquor licenses to hit Boston’s streets in the coming years.

Massachusetts received more than $20 million in federal funding to assist in managing its ongoing shelter crisis, the state announced on Aug. 28.

Five of the seven remaining hospitals owned by Steward Health Care are on their way to officially being under new ownership, according to an announcement last week by Gov. Maura Healey.

As a new state shelter policy that will limit longer-term access gears up, support providers for migrants in the state are grappling with increased need and growing panic from the communities they serve.

On July 29, when Governor Maura Healey signed the budget for Fiscal Year 2025, it finalized a process allocating $57.8 billion in funding for the commonwealth and state-funded organizations, including millions for educational efforts across the state.

Starting Tuesday, July 9, migrant families who had been staying overnight in Terminal E of Boston Logan International Airport were no longer permitted to do so, Gov. Maura Healey announced at the end of June.

Support for small business, job opportunities for immigrants and expanded housing are key parts of an economic development bond bill filed last month by Gov. Maura Healey.

Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday announced plans to pardon anyone in Massachusetts with a misdemeanor conviction for marijuana possession on their record.

Gov. Maura Healey rejected calls this week to deploy National Guard troops to patrol the hallways of troubled Brockton High School where assaults, threats and drug use have mounted after staffing cuts and teacher absences. 

Governor Maura Healey’s proposal to boost universal early education in Massachusetts would expand access to state-affiliated pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds, increase who is eligible for child care financial assistance and continue a state grant program supporting child care providers.

When legislators passed a long-debated supplement to the state budget this month, they reinstated a program extending food assistance to immigrants in Massachusetts.