Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic era by relying on a voter-approved surtax to buoy spending decisions and

The bill is the largest proposed investment in state universities including the UMass system and community colleges in decades. The post Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses appeared first on Boston.

(WJAR) — The Maura Healey administration announced a bill on Tuesday that aims to modernize public higher education in Massachusetts. She made the announcement in Bridgewater at the campus of Bridgewater State University. The $2.5 billion bill will add capital improvements to the UMass System, state universities, and community colleges.

Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next decade after the Baker administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits, officials said Monday.

Massachusetts is facing the fallout from a massive money mistake and now owes the federal government $2.1 billion. Gov. Maura Healey says the issue stems from federal COVID-19 funds being used to pay unemployment benefits the state should have covered.