MAURA HEALEY, Massachusetts

Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on residents of the emergency assistance shelters, the governor has now ordered that the checks include a check against the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information database. That process is often called a CORI check.
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 ineligible.
Massachusetts progressives decry Gov. Healey’s proposed emergency shelter changes: ‘Disconnected from reality’
Progressives are demanding Beacon Hill lawmakers reject Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed changes to state-run emergency shelters as other critics welcome the governor’s requests, some of which raise
Healey wants to limit state shelter to Massachusetts residents
"I believe these changes are appropriate and needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of the state shelter system," she said.
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.
Massachusetts Gov. Healey orders inspection of state shelters after arrest of migrant with rifle and fentanyl
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that all state-run shelters will be inspected and their policies will be reviewed ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey urges more funds, inspection of state shelters, following Revere fentanyl, weapons arrest
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey requested more funds towards state shelters and ordered an inspection of all state shelters ...
Illegal immigrant arrested at Massachusetts shelter with gun, alleged fentanyl stash, was not part of state program, Gov. Healey says
An undocumented immigrant who was arrested at a state-run shelter in Revere last month allegedly with an AR-15 and $1 million ...
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, ...
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Healey: Zero tolerance in state shelters for dangerous behavior
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey told GBH News Tuesday that there should be zero tolerance in Massachusetts’ overburdened ...
GOP and Dem leaders provide doses of ‘reality' after Healey's speech
Republicans thought Gov. Maura Healey’s annual address “presented a rosy picture” that “fell short of reality;” while top ...
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Facing pressure, Gov. Healey pledges to keep emergency shelters safe
Newly released state data show a slew of alleged criminal activity at the shelters, and federal authorities are pursuing the ...
Howie Carr: Maura’s dystopian madness moves into Massachusetts
If the Democrats have lost Needham, they’ve lost everywhere. This is why on Monday, Americans will be regaining control of ...