Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey proposes new changes to state shelter law
Less than a week after condemning security concerns surrounding a lack of background checks performed at shelters, ...
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Background checks did not occur at all Massachusetts emergency shelter sites. Now, the governor is interested in revisiting the intent of the law
Healey's comments came after the top House Republican blasted her administration for its oversight and for failing to realize ...
Watch the Republican response to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's State of the Commonwealth address
Watch Massachusetts State Rep. Marcus Vaughn from the nineth Norfolk District deliver the Massachusetts Republican Party's rebuttal to Gov. Maura Healey's State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday ...
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Healey expands scope of Massachusetts shelter law shakeup
With the state’s family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura Healey ...
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Healey proposes changes to right to shelter law, aimed at immigration status and background checks
The proposal comes a day before her State of the Commonwealth address and as Republicans are seeking greater oversight of the ...
Healey proposes major changes to right-to-shelter law, including Mass. residency requirement
The residency requirements could effectively end the law as it's currently applied, meaning newly arrived immigrants could be ...
Advocates rally at Massachusetts State House to protest Gov. Healey's proposed shelter changes
Gov. Healey announced changes​ that would require all shelter applicants to prove their residency status, increase background checks, and more.
Mass. migrants: Healey asks lawmakers to change right-to-shelter law
Governor Maura Healey said the right-to-shelter laws' “original intent” was not to cover the “waves and waves of people,” ...
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Healey to deliver State of the Commonwealth address Thursday
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey will deliver her second “State of the Commonwealth” Thursday. Ahead of the address, Governor Healey has outlined one of her goals for next ...
Reaction to Massachusetts governor ordering background checks in emergency shelters
FALL RIVER, MASS. (WJAR) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announcing a crackdown on criminal background checks of people living in emergency shelter facilities. It comes in the wake of two high ...