Katie Lannan
State House Reporter at GBH News (Boston, MA)
state house reporter for @gbhnews. #mapoliwithanimals superfan. alumna of @statehousenews + @lowellsun. president, mass. state house press association.
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1 week ago |
wgbh.org | Katie Lannan
May 06, 2025 Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate are seeking to boost state spending by more than 6% next year. Despite that increase, they say non-negotiable rising costs left them little wiggle room in crafting their budget. The $61 billion budget plan unveiled Tuesday by Senate leaders is slightly smaller than the version already passed by the House, and diverges from it in areas like transportation funding and vocational school admissions policies.
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2 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Katie Lannan
May 01, 2025 As Massachusetts gears up to host seven men’s World Cup soccer matches next year, Democrats in the state Senate are proposing to spend $5 million to help fans make their way to and from the event. The money, contained in a broader $1.3 billion spending bill set for debate next Thursday, would support traffic and transportation improvements around Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium, where the games will be played.
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2 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Katie Lannan
April 30, 2025 A state budget proposing more than $61 billion in spending passed the Massachusetts House Wednesday, with six out of the 25 Republicans voting in opposition. The budget is built around a revenue estimate that includes $16 billion in federal funding. Two months before the start of the fiscal year, state lawmakers are still unsure how much of that federal money will ultimately materialize amid Trump administration policy shifts.
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2 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Katie Lannan
April 28, 2025 A $61 billion state budget up for debate in the Massachusetts House this week marks an opportunity for Republican state representatives to draw attention to hot-button issues at the national level, from lower taxes to voter ID to restrictions on food dyes and who can participate in girls’ school sports. But on the first day of budget deliberations, division within the GOP caucus stymied efforts to force roll call votes on some of those policies.
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4 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Katie Lannan
Top Democrats in the Massachusetts House looked toward Washington, D.C. as they rolled out a state budget plan Wednesday, casting their proposal to spend more than $61 billion as a brace against whirlwind federal policy shifts. The House’s bill, slightly smaller than the version Gov. Maura Healey proposed in January , would grow overall state spending by more than 6% over this year’s budget.
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