Healey signs $58 billion state budget featuring free community college plan

Posted on AllSides July 29th, 2024
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a nearly $58 billion state budget bill Monday that includes a plan for free community college and allows the Massachusetts Lottery to move some of its products online. The spending plan will also pay for literacy programs for children from age three through third grade, cover the state’s free school breakfast and lunch program, and fully fund tax cuts included in the last state budget. “Massachusetts today, we are firing on all cylinders,” Healey, a Democrat, said moments after signing the budget....

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