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The Comfort Inn on Hingham St. in Rockland.

Week after alleged rape at Rockland emergency shelter, Mass. senators vote for safety checks

The amendment, which passed 39-0 Thursday, was adopted onto a more sweeping spending bill that aims to limit shelter stays for migrant and homeless families while funding the strained shelter system through the end of the fiscal year and into 2025.

Healey administration reaches new agreement with federal officials on Cape Cod bridge project
The memorandum of understanding announced Thursday between the Healey administration and Army Corps of Engineers effectively replaces one the state signed in 2020 when it embarked on replacing the 89-year-old Bourne and Sagamore bridges.

‘I wanted to put my fist through the TV.’ Not everyone in South Boston likes Ed Flynn’s take on St. Patrick’s Day parade.
On social media and through 311 complaints, South Boston residents decried the displays of excessive public drunkenness, littering, public urination, and property destruction.

‘I nearly took my own life.’ Mass. poised to become 49th state to outlaw ‘revenge porn.’

With months of legislating left, survivors and advocates say they’re hopeful — some for the first time — that a proposal outlawing so-called “revenge porn” will reach Governor Maura Healey’s desk and close a loophole that 48 other states have already addressed.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Haitian migrants: ‘Their next stop very well may be Martha’s Vineyard’
The Republican governor, who made headlines in 2022 when dozens of migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard and left in the care of local officials, made his remarks on a podcast Tuesday, according to Politico.

Healey says she opposes union-backed ballot question to eliminate MCAS graduation mandate
“I do not support getting rid of MCAS,” the governor said during a radio appearance Tuesday.

Councilor Ed Flynn slams ‘anything goes’ attitude during St. Patrick’s Day Parade
He demanded implementing a “zero tolerance” policy for public drinking, violence, and destruction of property during the parade in a post on Facebook on Monday evening.

Mass. Senate to vote on its own version of limits on emergency shelters, setting up dispute over handling migrants
The Senate proposal is part of a spending bill meant to buoy the strained shelter system through the end of the fiscal year, as well as help fund it into 2025.

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“I’m going to work to make sure that privacy is maintained for my family,” Governor Maura Healey said.

‘My personal life is my personal life.’ Healey defends decision not to disclose details of four-day trip.

Governor Maura Healey told reporters Monday that she intends to share information publicly about her “work-related travel.” 5:39 p.m.

Town Hall in North Brookfield pictured in June 2020.

ACLU, North Brookfield reach settlement in drag show lawsuit

The settlement was reached after local officials approved a permit for a pride event in June that will include a drag show. 11:30 a.m.

Governor Maura Healey signs a $1 billion tax overhaul bill into law at the Massachusetts State House Library.

Healey’s campaign arm releases ad boosting tax package, the first since she was elected governor

The 30-second ad, which will run on sites including YouTube and Hulu starting Monday, is titled “Healey Tax Cuts — Saving You Money.” 7:00 a.m.

Governor Maura Healey (left) and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll are “DunQueens.”

St. Patrick’s Day breakfast features music, roasts, and a surprise Dunkin’ ad parody

In head-to-toe “DunKings” tracksuits and pink bucket hats, Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll declared themselves the “DunQueens.” 4:55 p.m.

Mireille Pierre comforted her son Marventz, 3, while Dieufort Fleurissaint, aka "Pastor Keke," spoke to a group of Haitian migrants at the state's emergency overflow shelter for migrants at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Boston. Pastor Keke was helping distribute donations with Pastor Miniard Culpepper of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church.

‘They are assets, they are not liabilities’: Haitian-American pastor’s leadership shines amid migrant crisis

With Pastor Keke, no one is a stranger for long. Among the items and information he provides newly arrived immigrants is a business card, with his personal cellphone number. For many, those 10 digits are a lifeline. 2:39 p.m.

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A 26-year-old man is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in the Rockland hotel where each of their families had been given emergency shelter.

Republicans seize on an alleged rape at a Rockland shelter to further the fiction of a migrant crime wave

Can politicians here resist using a horrible crime for political gain? We’re about to find out. 2:27 p.m.

Two women and a toddler walked the area outside the Comfort Inn at Hingham Street.

Report of rape at Rockland hotel shelter intensifies debate, raises security questions

The shocking news of the alleged rape of a teenager by a 26-year-old man at a Rockland hotel sheltering migrant families intensified the debate over the state’s policy of housing migrant families in hotels and motels, and brought into question the safety measures in place to protect them. 8:19 p.m.

Governor Maura Healey traveled out of state for four days on a "personal trip" in February. Her office on Friday refused to disclose where she went.

Healey left Massachusetts for four days last month. Aides refuse to say where the governor went.

The decision by Healey, who entered office vowing to bring more transparency to the office “than ever before," marks a major break from her predecessors. 6:07 p.m.