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Seventeen migrant families spent their first night Monday inside the Massachusetts State Transportation Building in Boston, which is serving as a makeshift shelter. Cots fill some of the conference rooms to provide temporary housing for a limited number of families in need. It will be set up for approximately two weeks. The state said it is only a temporary option…

A Massachusetts transportation building has been converted to a makeshift shelter for families in need.

Despite a long night at the State House, Massachusetts lawmakers failed to pass a supplemental budget, including $250 million to fix the state’s shelter system.

Advocates scrambling to find shelter for homeless migrant families newly arrived to Massachusetts say they’re frustrated with a lack of good options after the state capped the number of family shelter spots and created a wait list. The cap has tied the hands of those trying to help families seeking refuge from increasingly cold nights, dumping those families on...

With two days left before lawmakers depart for a seven-week break and shelter-seeking families now being placed on a waitlist, House and Senate Democrats disagree on how prescriptive their crisis response should be. Senate Democrats indicated Monday they favor putting another $250 million toward soaring shelter costs, the same amount that featured in a spending bill the House approved last…

As the state’s new policy of turning some away from shelter has left migrant families struggling and hungry as the days get colder, the House wants to revive a nutrition benefit for newly-arrived immigrants. The House last week quietly tacked into a spending bill a provision to reinstate a policy that Massachusetts repealed over two decades ago to offer...

A clinic to help migrants staying in the Commonwealth apply for work authorization in the United States is happening Monday.

A major effort gets underway Monday that could help the strained shelter system in Massachusetts. A clinic to help migrants staying in the Commonwealth apply for work authorization in the United States is happening Monday — and representatives from the federal government will be there to help. Typically, it takes eligible migrants three to four months to get work authorization….

The Healey administration can implement a waitlist for Massachusetts’ crowded emergency shelter system after a judge declined to issue the temporary restraining order requested in a lawsuit filed on behalf of three families on the verge of homelessness. In Wednesday’s ruling, Suffolk Superior Court Justice Debra A. Squires-Lee said that the state had acted properly to deal with spiking...

Right now, there are a little over 7,300 migrant families in Massachusetts. Once that number reaches 7,500, the state will be at capacity for its ability to house migrants.

A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media.

A judge on Tuesday will hear a class action lawsuit filed by a group called the Lawyers for Civil Rights. The group is claiming Gov. Maura Healey and the agency overseeing the migrant family emergency shelters are not abiding by state law.

As the new month arrives on Wednesday, so too does a concerning situation for migrants looking for shelter in Massachusetts. Simply put — Massachusetts is running out of space, and starting Wednesday, shelter will not be guaranteed. However, there’s now a push to change that. A judge on Tuesday heard a class action lawsuit filed by a group called the...

Gov. Maura Healey has announced a new work authorization clinic for migrants staying in Massachusetts’ emergency family shelters.

The state of Massachusetts is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to host a work clinic for migrants who are staying in emergency family shelters.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that the state is hosting a work authorization clinic for migrants staying in emergency family shelter during the week of Nov. 13.

A new report finds that gas-powered tools are causing more pollution than cars in some states, including in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts announced changes in the applications for emergency assistance as the state’s shelter system will reach its limit soon. “The Incident Command Team has been hard at work over the past few weeks preparing for this new phase of our emergency family shelter system and keeping in close communication with our partners,” said Emergency Assistance director Lt. General Scott...

Starting Nov. 1, Massachusetts will no longer be able to add units to its shelter system, Healey said on Monday.

As Massachusetts sees a historic demand on its emergency housing, Gov. Maura Healey warned on Monday that the state is expected to reach its capacity at the end of the month — at which point families would no longer be guaranteed a spot within Massachusetts’ shelter system As of Sunday, there were close to 7,000 families in emergency shelter —…