Politics & Government
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Makes Lowering Housing Costs A Goal For The New Year
"Yes, our economy is strong - Massachusetts has more jobs than ever before, and unemployment has been at all-time lows," Healey said.
January 18, 2024
BOSTON - Lowering the staggering cost of housing and childcare, improving the state's roads and rails and strengthening schools were among the goals for 2024 that Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey outlined in her State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday.
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The Democratic governor delivered the speech - typically used by governors to tout their recent achievements and lay out their priorities for the coming year - to a packed crowd of state lawmakers and members of her administration in the House of Representatives chamber at the Massachusetts Statehouse.
Other goals Healey pointed to included making Massachusetts "the climate innovation lab for the world" and helping businesses and workers thrive - even as she acknowledged a mixed economic picture for the state.
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