NEARLY 70 PERCENT of White households in Massachusetts own a home. Only 37.4 percent of non-White households own a home. That gives Massachusetts the seventh highest racial homeownership gap in the country. Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy told legislators at a public hearing Tuesday that for Black families trying to buy […]
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Legislative budget writer says Baker ignored law in spending plan
A TOP LEGISLATIVE budget writer on Tuesday accused Gov. Charlie Baker of violating state law with his plan to immediately spend $186 million of federal recovery money on health care and job training initiatives. “It was the intent of the Legislature that $200 million was ‘break glass in case of emergency’ funds,” Senate Ways and […]
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White House official stresses flexibility in spending federal money
WITH MASSACHUSETTS EXPECTING an influx of nearly $8 billion in federal stimulus money, many of the federal government’s guidelines for how the money can be used won’t be released until mid-May. But a top White House official told state lawmakers Tuesday that there will likely be a fair amount of flexibility in how states can utilize the federal dollars. […]