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
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration could spend “upwards” of $800,000 to renovate and improve a former prison in Norfolk that was tapped earlier this year to house migrant families, many of whom were sleeping at Logan Airport, according to local and state officials briefed on the matter. Originally Published: July 18, 2024 at 6:19 a.m. Read … Read more
Massachusetts spending on the emergency shelter system housing migrant families and local residents has crossed the $700 million threshold, according to data released Monday. Government budget writers have projected the state will shell out approximately $932 million on the emergency shelter system in fiscal year 2024 and another $915 million in fiscal year 2025, which … 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
When it comes to reports of sexual assaults and other incidents at migrant shelters, law enforcement and Gov. Maura Healey’s administration appear to be keeping things wrapped in a cloak of secrecy. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is … Read more
The state’s health and human services agency greenlighted at least four no-bid contracts and an agreement to rent shelter space at a Quincy college for more than $237,000 a month as the Healey administration attempted to respond to an influx of migrants over the past year, according to documents obtained by the Herald. Contracts between … Read more
A twice-failed push to limit who can access state-funded emergency shelters based on the amount of time they have been in Massachusetts will rise from the ashes again later this week when the House takes up its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal. The Republican-backed effort to require prospective shelter residents to have lived in the … Read more
The Massachusetts Republican Party called on the State Ethics Commission Friday to launch an investigation into a no-bid contract to provide food at state-run shelters that has since expired but was awarded to a company whose employees donated to Gov. Maura Healey. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more
A group of less than 15 protestors rallied outside the State House Wednesday in opposition to state spending on emergency shelters in Massachusetts that are housing both local residents and migrants from other countries. The small contingent held large signs in front on the steps of the State House reading “close the Healey hotels” and … Read more
