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Even with work permits, migrants in shelters struggle to find self-sustaining jobs
Language skills, housing transiency and transportation can all pose barriers to employment. -
With $58B budget, Mass. House aims to navigate 'choppy waters' of shelter strain, revenue slump
The budget bill set for debate in late April would raise state spending by about 3%. -
Big MBTA funding boost planned in Mass. House budget
Despite a slump in state revenues, House leaders are planning a 41% increase in transportation funding in their version of next year's state budget. -
Lawmakers float ways to beef up Healey's $4 billion housing bill
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll says the scope of the bill matches the depth of the need for new housing. -
Santiago wants to rebuild trust, tackle veteran suicide leading Mass. veterans’ services
The secretary is one year into his newly created role that was designed in the wake of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home. -
DiZoglio continues push to audit the Legislature as academics knock ‘power grab’
The state auditor casts her bid to open the Legislature's books as a way to boost transparency on Beacon Hill. -
Lawmakers zero in on private equity in health care amid Steward troubles
Legislative leaders tasked the Health Policy Commission with investigating potential gaps in the state's regulatory framework and ways to prevent a repeat of the problems at Steward facilities. -
Massachusetts steps closer to making 'revenge porn' illegal
The state House and Senate have both now approved bills that would make it a crime to share explicit images without the subject's consent, one of just two states that doesn’t yet have such a law on the books. -
PCAs, patients, advocates speak out again Healey’s proposed cuts
Healey’s proposal to keep spending flat would eliminate pay for PCAs who work fewer than 10 hours per week. -
Skeptical lawmakers grill Uber and Lyft at ballot question hearing
A proposal backed by the ride-hailing companies would define gig-economy drivers as contractors, not employees.
