From The Boston Globe · · 1m 50s
Maura Healey's Second-Term Priorities
Maura Healey's second term must tackle jobs, housing, and infrastructure amid economic pressures.
In brief
Maura Healey's second term must tackle jobs, housing, and infrastructure amid economic pressures. Maura Healey faces job growth, housing affordability, and infrastructure challenges in her second term. Originally reported by The Boston Globe.
Jobs Growth Challenges
Job growth remains lackluster with employment not quite back to 2019 levels.
Economic Development Bill
Healey shepherd one economic development bill in 2024 and prods lawmakers to finish another.
Competitiveness Council
Healey convened a competitiveness council led by Dan Kenary and Mark Nunnelly with recommendations due by year's end.
Business-Friendly Reforms
Business groups push for tax reforms and estate tax changes after the Legislature passed one package in 2.023.
Unemployment Insurance Fund
The state’s unemployment insurance fund could go into the red by early 2028.
Housing Affordability
Four-fifths of Massachusetts Business Roundtable members say reducing housing costs is a top priority.
Affordable Homes Act
Lawmakers need to pass an eco-dev bill to allow churches to build more apartments or open single-family zones for duplexes.
Transportation Challenges
Phil Eng serves as MBTA director and interim transportation secretary with a $509,000 salary.
Infrastructure Projects
Healey must pick a new Mass. Pike service plaza operator and award a multibillion-dollar commuter rail contract.
Mayor Michelle Wu
Healey and Mayor Wu’s relationship is improving but still rocky with real estate developers.
Federal Credit Proposal
A federal credit would provide $1,700 per taxpayer for donating to scholarship-granting charities.
Legal Sea Foods
Legal Sea Foods will start selling chowder in supermarkets using its in-house recipe.
Fenway Park Marathon
Dan Koh won the Fenway Park Marathon in June with a time of 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Conclusion
Healey faces ongoing economic and infrastructure challenges in her second term.
The big picture
Maura Healey faces job growth, housing affordability, and infrastructure challenges in her second term.
