An old tale holds a parable for Massachusetts’ political leaders as they gaze on a new bounty of tax receipts thanks to the success of Question 1. It’s time to be highly strategic about how we use this money and prove the hit to our competitiveness is worth it.
In her victory speech from the Fairmont Copley Plaza – the same hotel where Healey capped off a speedy ascension into state politics with her 2014 election as attorney general – Governor-elect Maura Healey on Tuesday night said that she and running mate Kim Driscoll were elected with “a mandate to act.”
A coalition that has long called for increasing investment in the MBTA has its eye on the income surtax voters will decide in less than three weeks, pitching it as a viable source of funding for the under-fire agency while calling out billionaire Robert Kraft’s spending in opposition to the measure.
Can a public relations campaign talking up the need for new housing, coupled with some modest incentives, convince NIMBY suburbs to change their ways? Count me as skeptical.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey stayed noncommittal on proposals to authorize a real estate transfer tax to help fund affordable housing needs in the midst of a housing crisis.
Attorney General Maura Healey and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll began to put meat on the bones of their pledges to boost housing production and affordability Wednesday.
Our state needs a new approach to addressing our high cost of housing. Unfortunately, state policy keeps leading us in the wrong direction by confusing housing affordability with housing density.
A new poll of Massachusetts voters suggests some may support the return of rent control, so long as it’s not a statewide mandate.
Likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey announced Tuesday she would overhaul the T’s leadership and target both short- and long-term reforms to the state’s transportation network.
We can’t expect to prosper and grow with the nation’s worst traffic and housing costs. Getting transit fixes and investments right is key to fixing both issues.
As she ended her campaign for governor Thursday, Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz trailed her primary opponent Attorney General Maura Healey by more than 30 points, according to newly released poll results.
Speaking to a Seaport District ballroom packed with Greater Boston’s business elite this morning, gubernatorial front-runner Maura Healey said she would back local rent control measures and make housing production a focus of her administration if she wins in November.
Massachusetts Democrats on Saturday afternoon endorsed Maura Healey’s quest to move from the attorney general’s office to the governor’s suite but also put Sonia Chang-Díaz on the September primary ballot, ensuring that Healey will have some intraparty competition before she could turn her full attention to any Republican opponents.
Attorney General Maura Healey supports local-option rent control bills, her gubernatorial campaign spokesperson said, after Healey told GBH News’ “Boston Public Radio” program that she did not think rent control bills were a solution to the area’s high – and rising – rents.
It’s clear our commonwealth will be confronting critical challenges that will have an enormous impact on our future in the next governor’s first term. And the connective tissue of many of those questions resides within our public transit system.
The jury’s still out on Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature housing initiative, but the signs aren’t good it’s up to meeting the sheer scale of Massachusetts’ homes shortage.
I’ve worked on public policy from a variety of standpoints: as a staffer on Capitol Hill, as an advocate and as a business leader. And far too often, I’ve seen well-intentioned efforts fail because of siloed thinking.
