Healey halts executive branch hiring as federal funding cuts loom

Spending push interrupted by executive branch hiring freeze

WHILE BEACON HILL Democrats press ahead with plans to significantly increase state spending, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday paused executive branch hiring due to what her office described as “widespread economic uncertainty at the national level and a tightening budget outlook.”Healey announced a “hiring freeze” will take effect May 27, blocking executive branch agencies and departments from bringing on most new employees for a period that could…

San Benito supervisors grant exemptions to hiring freeze

Lea este artículo en español aquí.On May 13, Celina Stotler stood before the San Benito County Board of Supervisors and asked for help. As the manager of Integrated Waste Management, she is leading the county’s effort to clear homeless encampments along the San Benito River. For the past week, she said, she has spent up to 14 hours a day walking the riverbanks, coordinating logistics, collecting donations, and working with unhoused residents.The…

State lawmakers react to Healey hiring freeze

In a statement, Governor Healey said the executive branch hiring freeze is in response to ‘widespread economic uncertainty at the national level.'

Gov. Healey enacts hiring freeze to manage state spending

BOSTON (WWLP) - Governor Maura Healey announced that she will implement a hiring freeze across the executive branch. Voting rights activists call for major reform Healey says this proactive step will manage spending as the state prepares for the upcoming fiscal year, federal funding cuts, and economic uncertainty at the national level. The 11 executive agencies and various departments will not be able to hire new employees, effective May 2…

Healey administration to freeze hiring across broad swath of state government - The Boston Globe

Governor Maura Healey’s office is putting a pause on executive branch hiring as Massachusetts braces for potential trouble ahead.

Healey freezes hiring amid uncertainty over federal funding

Gov. Maura Healey is hitting the brakes on hiring new state workers with a "tightening" budget and uncertainty over looming federal funding cuts.