Maura Healey

Three midwestern states are trying to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone across the United States in a recently filed amended lawsuit targeting so-called shield states like Massachusetts. The complaint challenges the ability of telehealth providers to dispense the drug through the mail to patients and makes it illegal for minors. Local reproductive health experts told NBC10 Boston Monday…

Three midwestern states are trying to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, arguing in court that shield states like Massachusetts shouldn’t be allowed to ship abortion pills to states with abortion bans.

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating politicians who are used to standing on the same side of most issues, and simultaneously creating strange allies. The day after U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat,...

A bill addressing the safety of pets at Massachusetts kennels was signed into law Thursday. Until now, the Bay State had no oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities. The only requirement for anyone with more than four dogs was to obtain a kennel license. Gov. Maura Healey signed the legislation known as Ollie’s Law, which requires the...

A bill creating state oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities has been signed into law.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer, a move that prevents the law from being suspended while opponents work on a ballot measure to put before voters in two years. The law addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag laws. “We needed to give time to our agencies and…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer that addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag law, though gun rights advocates had collected thousands of signatures in hopes of pushing pause on the bill until voters could weigh in with a ballot question. 

After months of searching, Gov. Maura Healey announced her choice for the next colonel of the Massachusetts State Police. Geoffrey Noble, a former New Jersey State Police lieutenant colonel, replaces interim Col. Jack Mawn. He’s the first Massachusetts State Police leader to come from outside the department. “The goal was to have the best search possible, a nationwide search,...

Massachusetts has secured more than $20 million in federal funding to help cover the state’s overburdened emergency family shelter system, Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced Wednesday afternoon. Healey’s office said the money — the largest sum that Massachusetts has received to date from FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program — comes after the administration filed an application in June with...

Gov. Maura Healey suggested Friday that Massachusetts lawmakers could return next month to tackle major unfinished business, though a spokesperson walked back that timeline on Monday. As Healey voiced her support on The Greg Hill Show for the construction of an Everett soccer stadium, a policy addressed by language in the Senate version of the stalled economic development bill, she was...

Changes to the state’s overflow shelter policy are raising alarm as city leaders in Boston and Chelsea call on Governor Maura Healey to change course.

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Boston city councilors are calling on Gov. Maura Healey to reverse changes to Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system after the administration put a five-day limit for overflow shelters. The calls for action come just hours after the changes went into effect and on the heels of spirited protest. Nine of 13 city councilors signed onto this letter to Healey Thursday —…

Boston city councilors say they are not satisfied with Gov. Maura Healey’s new plan to handle the migrant housing crisis. In a letter to the governor, several councilors say they want her to abandon the changes and reinstate the previous plan.

Without a single Republican vote, the Massachusetts House and Senate sent the governor a massive overhaul of the state’s gun laws Thursday, crossing one of the most significant items off of the Legislature’s rest-of-July to-do list. The conference committee report (H 4885), which was announced and unveiled Wednesday, passed the House on a 124-33 vote and then cleared the...

The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed legislation on gun safety, with Gov. Maura Healey expected to sign it into law.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday she believes President Joe Biden can win reelection in November if he continues to resist calls to suspend his campaign, but she also reiterated her suggestion for the 81-year-old to “evaluate whether he remains the best candidate.” Facing a string of questions about the sitting president’s fitness for the nomination in the wake...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has released a statement that urges President Biden to “listen to the American people” following a meeting with the president alongside fellow Democratic governors, which came amid ongoing fallout from Biden’s performance in last week’s presidential debate. Healey credited Biden with “saving democracy” in 2020, and called his performance during his first term “outstanding” — but…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee are traveling to the White House Wednesday for a meeting between Democratic state governors and President Joe Biden. Representatives for Healey and McKee confirmed to NBC10 Boston Wednesday they are taking part in the meeting, which comes as Biden struggles to deal with the fallout of his debate performance against…

Migrant families who sought out shelter at Logan International Airport will no longer be allowed to sleep there, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Friday as it unveiled new plans to manage the overtaxed emergency shelter system. Massachusetts’ Emergency Assistance shelter system has been at its capacity of 7,500 families for months, with hundreds of others on the waitlist. Families with nowhere…

Gov. Maura Healey marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade by recommitting to protecting reproductive rights in Massachusetts.