Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is floating voluntary buyouts to some public workers in an effort to reduce the state workforce and save money, as Beacon Hill lawmakers grapple with fiscal uncertainty under the Trump administration,

Asked about the buyouts, Healey spokesperson Karissa Hand did not explicitly confirm that the governor's considering the option.

Governor Maura Healey’s administration may offer buyouts of up to $20,000 to state employees in a bid to slice the state workforce and cut costs in the face of looming fiscal uncertainty.

Leading Massachusetts Republican lawmakers are joining the choir of calls for Gov. Maura Healey to provide “full transparency” on the hiring of her cocaine-busted aide.

In the interest of providing full transparency to the state’s taxpayers, we are calling on you to publicly disclose the details of the circumstances that led to Mr. Cook’s hiring in 2023," the Republican lawmakers wrote.

The governor is releasing $4 million from another state account to double the state’s November payment to food banks. But she said tapping the rainy day fund would open the floodgates to other requests during the federal government shutdown.

LaMar Cook was charged with cocaine trafficking after investigators intercepted packages of the drug bound for a Massachusetts state office where he worked.

Judge William Ritter is considering arguments from LaMar Cook's attorney to allow him be out on bail ahead of court proceedings.

Gov. Maura Healey’s office spoke on a proposal to offer state union workers buyouts and retirement incentives, citing the impact of federal cuts, after SEIU Local 509 alerted members the