Michael Norton

1 week ago | wwlp.com | Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – The state agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is on track to run out of money to pay claims on May 12, a full seven weeks before the end of the fiscal year.

1 week ago | heraldnews.com | Michael Norton

State officials on Monday announced plans to connect Massachusetts businesses to alternative supply chains and gain more information from companies to better understand how they are affected by President Trump's tariffs. was launched with the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative through its Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

1 week ago | wwlp.com | Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – State officials announced plans Monday to connect Massachusetts businesses to alternative supply chains and gain more information from companies to better understand how they are affected by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Massachusetts Tariff Response and Business Operations Support Initiative was launched with the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative through its Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

2 weeks ago | wwlp.com | Chris Lisinski |Michael Norton

BOSTON (SHNS) – Economic uncertainty deepened Monday as stock markets continued their multi-day, tariff-fueled decline, and the House budget chief declined to rule out tax increases as his team prepares to roll out a new annual state spending plan in an increasingly volatile environment. A week before releasing a redraft of Gov. Maura Healey’s $62 billion fiscal 2026 budget, House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz initially dodged the tax question but then said taxes remain on the table.

2 weeks ago | nbcboston.com | Michael Norton

The Massachusetts House on Wednesday plans to pass a $1.25 billion bill that invests in education and the MBTA, while business leaders plan to huddle with Gov. Maura Healey and then talk to the press about local impacts of the tariffs President Donald Trump is imposing around the world. The House earlier this year plugged big gaps in emergency family shelter funding that were left when the fiscal 2025 budget was approved last summer.