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The $48.5 billion budget Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing for fiscal 2023 pairs a modest increase in state spending with a total of $693 million in targeted tax relief.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) conducted a Zoom tour of Massachusetts towns to discuss legislation introduced Thursday known as the Heating and Cooling Relief Act. If passed as is, the bill is designed to expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in an attempt to fund energy assistance for all who need it.
With the help of 150 volunteers and several groups, Jewish Family Services has brought 28 Afghan evacuees to Berkshire County, mostly in the Pittsfield area. The latest support came Wednesday as the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 448 donated $10,000.
PROJECT PAYCHECK: Child care centers in the Berkshires are fighting to hold it together, one positive COVID-19 test and one teacher resignation after another. By all accounts, the pandemic has steamrolled a stressed early-education system in Massachusetts. “It’s been difficult not being able to work because I can’t find child care for my daughter," said one Berkshire County mother. She's not alone.
While Berkshire County lawmakers are split over whether the state should require masks, they agree that the county needs more access to free and affordable testing and that “exhausted” health care workers need support.
Supporters of east-west passenger rail in Massachusetts hope the project can receive money through the newly signed federal infrastructure bill. Yet, some question whether the state is committed to the Springfield-to-Pittsfield leg of the journey.
Of the 900 Afghan evacuees expected to resettle in Massachusetts, around 60 may become new Berkshire County residents. Local veterans and community groups are working with a Springfield-based resettlement agency to welcome and support asylum-seekers.
After a tumultuous U.S. census process, and using feedback from legislators and interest groups to refine draft House and Senate maps, lawmake…
With the Massachusetts House set to debate a $3.65 billion spending plan, Berkshire County representatives see an opportunity to fund state and local priorities, including housing, tourism and internet service.
House leaders on Monday detailed a $3.65 billion spending package that would pour state surplus and federal COVID-19 relief money into areas like housing, schools and workforce development, while also reserving about $2.75 billion to be allocated at a later date.
