US EditionGov. Healey Leans Into Affordability Issues, Trump in State of the Commonwealth Address
- Healey announced relief hours before her address that a 15% electric bill reduction will be paid with $180 million in state funds.
- Last year, Healey filed energy affordability proposals with the Massachusetts Legislature and budget managers built budgets around a 2.9% tax revenue increase amid a $460 million federal shortfall.
- Regulators must approve an additional 10% cut for electric and natural gas utilities, structured as rate deferrals starting in April amid the costly air-conditioning season.
- Lawmakers are scheduled to meet this week to consider the package, with Massachusetts Speaker of the House Ron Mariano praising the vision and Mass. state Rep. Ken Sweezey delivering the Republican response.
- Healey also announced health insurance changes ending prior authorization and said the administration will ban medical debt reporting, with guests including Jeffrey Bacon and Ken Casey.
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Healey teases initiatives to relieve rising costs of health care, energy bills, and housing in State of the Commonwealth - The Boston Globe
Speaking to a packed House chamber, Governor Maura Healey repeatedly nodded to the pain residents are feeling and cast her administration as the salve a Trump administration isn’t providing.
Gov. Healey leans into affordability issues, Trump in annual address
Gov. Maura Healey used her State of the Commonwealth address to unveil proposals on health care, energy, transportation and education while sharpening a campaign-year message that casts Massachusetts in opposition to President Donald Trump.
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The Daily News of NewburyportHealey touts record, highlights upcoming agenda
BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey vows to reduce energy costs, improve health care, build more housing, fix the state’s transportation system, and push back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.
Healey comes out swinging against Trump in election-year address
A YEAR AGO, when Donald Trump was on the verge of returning to the White House for a second term, he was barely a shadow in Gov. Maura Healey’s annual address. She never said the name “Trump,” and the only mention of a US president was a passing reference to John F. Kennedy’s 1961 speech in the same room where she stood. Not so much any more. Healey on Thursday did not hesitate to bash Trump in her latest State of the Commonwealth speech. Life h…
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