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Cost of Emergency Shelters for Illegal Immigrants Getting ‘Harder To Support,’ Massachusetts House Speaker Says

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Continuing to fund a record level of emergency shelter services "becomes harder and harder to support" while tax collections lag expectations, the top Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives said Wednesday while suggesting he's out of the loop

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Biden’s Treasury Secretary Calls ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ ‘The Most Important Climate and Energy Law in U.S. History’ During Visit To Roxbury Community College

By Alison Kuznitz State House News Service

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Claudine Gay Should Have Remained President of Harvard, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Says

Claudine Gay should have stayed on as president of Harvard University instead of resigning last week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Tuesday. Healey made the comment during an appearance on Boston Public Radio on WGBH on Tuesday, January 9.

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Massachusetts House To Weigh ‘Revenge Porn’ Bill On Wednesday, January 10

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Maura Healey Has Spent More Than $4,000 In Campaign Cash On Abortions

If you've ever donated money to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, you may have helped pay for an abortion. That's because she donated $1,918.75 worth of campaign funds to what's known as an abortion fund in 2023, and $2,100 in 2022 — a

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Maura Healey To Cut $375 Million From Current Massachusetts State Budget, Because Revenue Increases Aren’t Keeping Up With Increased Spending

By Colin A. Young State House News Service Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and her budget team hit the reset button Monday, announcing a plan to cut $375 million from the current year's budget amid flagging tax collections, to downgrade the amount of tax revenue expected this budget year

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Non-Binary Student Population Up 392 Percent In Four Years In Massachusetts Public Schools

Each school year, more Massachusetts public school students are identifying as non-binary. Since the start of the 2019-2020 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's public school enrollment data has broken down gender into three categories: male, female, and non-binary. In this instance, "non-binary&

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Missing The Point: What The Great Barrington Gender Queer Controversy Gets Wrong

Almost a month after it happened, the firestorm around an incident at a Great Barrington middle school is still raging. Yet no one has asked the obvious question or made the obvious point.