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Governor Maura Healey speaks at a press conference in the Melnea Cass recreational complex in Roxbury on January 31, 2024. The Healey-Driscoll administration released the first comprehensive housing plan in Massachusetts’ history to address a decades-long housing crisis, pledging to build 222,000 new housing units by 2035. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Healey unveils comprehensive housing plan, “just what the state needs”

Phoebe Miller February 13, 2025
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced a comprehensive housing plan Feb. 6 to address a decades-long housing crisis in Massachusetts, pledging to build 222,000 new housing units by 2035.
The MBTA GreenLine T stop at Blandford Street. On Wednesday, Gov. Maura Healey shared her nearly $62 billion budget proposal which aims to bolster public education, stabilize transportation, and prioritize affordable housing initiatives in Massachusetts. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Healey’s 2026 fiscal plan addresses ongoing MBTA, housing, education challenges

Hazel Nystrom January 27, 2025
Gov. Maura Healey shared her nearly $62 billion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year on Wednesday. The proposal, which has yet to be approved by the legislature, aims to bolster public education, stabilize transportation and prioritize affordable housing initiatives in Massachusetts.
Members of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. The council unanimously approved Governor Healey’s proposal to pardon all adult marijuana possession convictions on Wednesday. LEIA GREEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Massachusetts Governor’s Council approves proposal to pardon all marijuana possession convictions

Leia Green April 4, 2024
The Governor’s Council unanimously approved Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to pardon all adult marijuana possession convictions on Wednesday.
Gov. Maura Healey. Healey plans to pardon all individuals convicted with marijuana possession that occurred before March 13. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Gov. Maura Healey to pardon all misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions in Massachusetts

Gia Shin March 25, 2024
In a move mirroring a growing national trend, Governor Healey declared her intention to pardon individuals convicted of low-level marijuana possession.
The Massachusetts Turnpike. The Allston I-90 Multimodal project is expected to begin construction in late 2027. ISABELLE OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Allston Multimodal Project receives federal funding, raising questions for what’s next

George Lehman March 19, 2024
After receiving long-awaited federal funding, the Allston multimodal project is expected to break ground in late 2027. 
A student carries a Boston University-branded umbrella during a light snow on Tuesday. The Nor’easter storm hit Boston, leaving puddles instead of piles of snow, following a 60 degrees Fahrenheit day on Saturday. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Winter weather patterns prompt questions of climate change

Leia Green February 14, 2024
As Boston braced for a major winter storm, schools closed and plows readied to receive about a foot of snowfall. 
People in the area known as Mass and Cass in 2022.

Wu clears out Mass. and Cass as state shelters near capacity

Anna Rubenstein November 3, 2023
The last tent came down at the area known as Mass. and Cass on Wednesday, a clear-out that has been nearly two years in the making for Mayor Michelle Wu and one that has provoked questions of its purpose and sustainability, especially as state shelters reach their capacity.
Elizabeth Warren Town Hall

Gallery: Elizabeth Warren starts re-election campaign at Roxbury town hall

Daily Free Press Staff April 13, 2023
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hosts town hall in Hibernian Hall in Roxbury alongside Gov. Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu and Rep. Ayanna Pressley in Roxbury Wednesday night.
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Governor Healey releases tax relief plan to lower Massachusetts cost of living

Anna Rubenstein March 3, 2023
Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll released a $742 million tax relief package to the Commonwealth on Feb. 27.
Amidst hundreds of other supporters, members of a Boston Pride group hug at City Hall Monday evening. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston residents flock to City Hall, stand in solidarity with Orlando

Dave Sebastian June 14, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh led thousands of Boston residents in a vigil outside Boston City Hall Monday evening to honor victims of the Sunday morning shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The...

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