Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, ...

Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will oversee the investigation that will take a closer look at every shelter ...

Gov. Maura Healey has proposed a $425 million spending bill to keep Massachusetts' emergency shelter system running through ...

Governor Maura Healey gave an update on the shelter system in Massachusetts and said that the intent of the original law ...

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated event on Thursday, State Sen. Peter Durant, R-Worcester/Hampshire, a spending hawk, ...

The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with ...

Gov. Maura Healey downplayed the proliferation of crime in state-run shelters housing migrants and local residents after her ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed two major health care reform bills Wednesday — one that looks to increase hospital oversight in the ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Friday discussed an interest in realigning the state’s right-to-shelter law “with its original intent,” ...

A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that all state-run shelters will be inspected and their policies will be reviewed ...