The legislation would limit collection and distribution of data concerning reproductive and transgender care, including by prohibiting technology service providers and state regulators from fulfilling federal and out-of-state requests for relevant documents.
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Posted inHealth Care
Merger the latest shift in Central Mass. health care world
UMass Memorial said the merger will allow Marlborough Hospital to improve access to specialty services, plus eliminate costs tied to maintaining separate hospital licenses, governing bodies and staffing infrastructure.
Posted inState Government
Sour taste as Mass. pols unpeel ‘big, beautiful bill’
House Minority Leader Brad Jones and his colleagues will find their own work altered as a result of what President Donald Trump signed into law.
Posted inEducation
Review suddenly holds up $108M in education grants
“Congress appropriated these funds, and they need to be issued to states,” Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler said. “Intentionally withholding this funding is going to have detrimental impacts on every state and all communities, especially for some of our most vulnerable students.”
Posted inState Government
Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets ‘complicated’
The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the tax on high earners while others warn it strays from the original promise of funding new education and transportation initiatives.
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State experts mulling federal vaccine policy shifts, Mass. response
DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein urged his advisors to stay open-minded while also hinting at the possibility of disentangling state policy from the Trump administration.
Posted inState Government
Healey buys lawmakers time with $7.5B interim budget filing
Healey’s $7.5 billion proposal would continue to fund state government for about another month if the next spending cycle begins without a final budget in place.
Posted inState Government
House, Senate say they have agreement on joint rules
For the first time since 2019, House and Senate Democrats have reached an agreement on joint rules to guide their work in the legislative session that began six months ago.
Posted inHealth
DPH chief: Mass. prepared to maintain vaccine access
“We’ve been been preparing for a number of scenarios, including this one, and we are well positioned to respond and maintain access to vaccines across the state,” Goldstein said.
Posted inEnergy
Municipal leaders cheer Healey energy bill
When the governor’s new energy affordability legislation came up at the Local Government Advisory Commission on Tuesday, municipal officials said they felt like they had been heard.
Posted inState Government
Senate advances scaled-back version of House spending bill
The redraft includes $95.6 million for the Department of Children and Families and Department of Transitional Assistance-related child care, plus $94 million for income-eligible child care. It leaves out nearly two-thirds of the House-approved spending, including $43 million for rent assistance, $60 million for home care services and $15.5 million to replace electronic benefits cards vulnerable to fraud.
Posted inBy The Numbers
Census shows recent growth in most Mass. cities and towns
The Census Bureau’s Vintage 2024 estimates released last week found that about four in five Bay State municipalities counted more residents on July 1, 2024 than a year earlier.
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Outgoing Chicago schools head tapped for top Mass. job
Martinez was one of 42 people who applied for the job to lead the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education since the search began in December.