Maura Healey admin was not conducting criminal background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration confirmed it was not conducting criminal background checks on residents in emergency shelters after months of the first-term Democrat telling the public that
Maura Healey shelter background check fiasco, GOP demands reform
Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.
Mass. Republicans slam Healey over revelations about background check gaps at shelters
Those revelations further came after last month’s arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site and was charged with possession of an AR-15 and nearly 5,000 grams of “suspected fentanyl,” MassLive previously reported.
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 administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents
The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs health care bills aimed at hospital oversight, reducing prescription drug costs
Gov. Maura Healey signed two major health care reform bills Wednesday — one that looks to increase hospital oversight in the ...
Governor Healey gives update on shelter system, says intent original law needs to be looked at
Governor Maura Healey gave an update on the shelter system in Massachusetts and said that the intent of the original law ...
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 ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey downplays proliferation of crime in state-run shelters after documents reveal disturbing incidents
Gov. Maura Healey downplayed the proliferation of crime in state-run shelters housing migrants and local residents after her ...
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After Steward crisis, new Massachusetts law aims to strengthen oversight of hospitals
The law aims to close loopholes that officials say Steward Health Care exploited to keep regulators in the dark about its ...
Governor Healey says Massachusetts officials should ‘abolish’ the broker fees that renters often pay
Renters in Massachusetts are typically required to pay a fee to their landlord’s broker, usually equivalent to a month’s rent ...
Massachusetts Gov. Healey wants to ‘abolish’ tenant-paid broker’s fees, as Boston City Council eyes similar change
Governor Maura Healey called for the abolition of broker’s fees renters are often forced to pay when signing a lease ...
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NOAA’s right whale rule draws fire from Massachusetts governor
Democrat Maura Healey says slowing vessels to 10 knots near Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard would create chaos without providing effective whale protection.