A commission tasked with studying changes to the Massachusetts emergency shelter system wrapped up its work Tuesday by approving a final report that offers few specifics but instead outlines broad themes to guide future reforms. As Massachusetts faces a $1 billion tab in each of the next few fiscal years to house thousands of migrant … Read more
A Central Massachusetts senator wants to create a legal fund to help pay the costs of obtaining emergency shelter-related records, some of which he argues are being withheld or improperly redacted by state officials. Originally Published: August 25, 2024 at 5:26 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more
Massachusetts Republicans are exploring a ballot question for the 2026 election that takes aim at state-run shelters for migrants and locals. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: August 23, 2024 at 5:18 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more
The Healey administration shelled out more than $6,800 to send a five-person team to the southern border in Texas to “educate” people of a shelter shortage here, according to her office. The trip was pitched as another attempt to curtail the number of migrants arriving in Massachusetts and make connections with federal immigration officials who … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey banned migrant families from sleeping at Logan Airport starting July 9, a move that will force the oftentimes large crowd that has used the airport as a shelter to find new places to sleep, she announced in a statement Friday. Healey said the decision to bar people from sleeping on the floor … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey said a five-person team sent to the southern border to “educate” people there about the lack of shelter availability for migrants in Massachusetts had a “successful” trip just as they were scheduled to return later Wednesday. Healey’s first term in office has been marked by a maxed-out state-funded shelter system struggling to … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey has pledged loyalty to President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign as a surrogate working to convince voters that the 81-year-old is the right person for another term in the White House. Has the move paid off for residents in Massachusetts? From hosting a fundraiser in the glimmering Seaport last month to backing Biden’s … Read more
State officials “delayed” the opening of an overflow shelter at a former prison site in Norfolk until the end of June, town officials said in a statement. It was not immediately clear what caused officials to push back the opening date of the shelter at the former Bay State Correctional Center and a town official … Read more
State officials have pumped nearly $400,000 into a program to review the vaccine records of families entering the emergency shelter system, including migrants from other countries who may have foreign documentation, according to the Healey administration. Officials at Boston-based John Snow, Inc., which has long worked with the state, have been contracted to review immunization … Read more
The Steward Healthcare crisis will be kept front and center on Beacon Hill this coming week when the Massachusetts House gavels into session to take up a nearly 100-page proposal that attempts to address some of its root causes. Representatives will be asked to vote on legislation that top Democrats say directly responds to the … Read more
