New: GBH to lay off 13 employees from American Experience due to "severe cuts in federal funding for public media," CEO Susan Goldberg said. The layoffs are among the first cuts in public media after Congress rescinded $1.1 billion for public broadcasters. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/bus…

A judge in Boston has dismissed more than 100 cases, including of several defendants charged with violent crimes, amid a lawyer work stoppage. trib.al/X4ZAHrG

.Governor Maura Healey said on July 4 that she was halting a planned raise for managers next year amid “tight” fiscal times. Left unsaid: She is giving those same state managers — her Cabinet included — a 2% raise this month, costing $10 million bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/met… via The Boston Globe

NEW: after fielding criticism behind the scenes for days, Gov. Healey on Friday plans to name Steve Walsh -- the state's top hospital lobbyist -- to a board position at the state watchdog agency overseeing health care. #mapoli statehousenews.com/news/healthcar…

NEW: Massachusetts lawmakers have been asking corporations and others with interests before the Legislature to fork over as much as $250,000 each to help fund a national gathering of state legislators next week. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/met… w/ Samantha J. Gross

Are you a Greater Boston renter who is worried you may never be able to buy a home in this region? Get in touch for a story I'm working on about the changing economics of homebuying, and who can really afford to buy around here. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/bus…

NEW: To get court-appointed attorneys back to work, Beacon Hill unveiled a pay increase for bar advocates as well as structural changes aimed at heading off future crises like the one that has gripped the state court system for weeks. w/ Sean Cotter bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/met…

NEW: Beacon Hill leaders struck a deal on legislation that aims to better protect the identities and personal information of providers and those seeking abortion and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/met… #mapoli

INBOX: Governor Healey announces end to shelter state of emergency, says hotel shelter closures means “saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting families on a path to self-sustainability.”  Story TK Background: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…

NEW: Governor Maura Healey has announced the closure of all hotel shelters and the end of a state of emergency she declared to address a housing crisis in August 2023. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/met… #mapoli

When Texas Democrats boarded planes Sunday to block a vote on a GOP-redrawn congressional map, Governor Greg Abbott threatened to remove them from office. On Monday, they were celebrated in Boston. A dispatch from Samantha J. Gross and me: bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/met… via The Boston Globe

.Governor Maura Healey is meeting this afternoon at State House with Texas lawmakers who left the state to block a vote on a new GOP-drawn redistricting map. Healey calls it a “redistricting power grab”

NEW: Governor Maura Healey stepped into a national, partisan debate Tuesday as Texas Democrats block their Republican colleagues from passing a new congressional map backed by President Trump. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/met… #mapoli

Frustrated by the status quo in the Legislature, several groups are seeking to force change on the body via ballot measure, by preparing initiatives to put before voters in 2026. w/ Matt Stout bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/met… #mapoli

A former Mass. State Trooper convicted in a wide-ranging overtime scandal will lose $1 million in retirement payouts after the state’s highest court ruled that stripping away his pension was neither excessive nor "cruel or unusual." bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/met… via The Boston Globe

#BREAKING 🚨 Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins INDICTED for alleged extortion involving the purchase of equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company. 🚨 READ: justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/suf…

NEW: Healey administration officials said the state collected $2 billion more in tax revenue than officials originally projected in the fiscal year that ended last month, thanks to revenue from the so-called millionaires tax and a tax on capital gains. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/met…

Steven Tompkins has been an aspiring head of the Mass. Democratic Party, a podcast host, and an adviser to Elizabeth Warren. The Suffolk County sheriff also has repeatedly run afoul of the law, including, the feds say, with his arrest Friday bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/met… via The Boston Globe

.Governor Maura Healey on Monday called the allegations that Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins extorted a cannabis company “certainly serious,” but she declined to say if her fellow Democrat should resign without “more information.” bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/met… The Boston Globe

NEW: Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who is facing federal corruption charges for allegedly extorting a cannabis company, has resigned as chair of the Board of Trustees at Roxbury Community College, Danny McDonald reports. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/met… The Boston Globe