Governor Maura Healey used her first State of the Commonwealth address to urge her fellow Democrats in the state House and Senate to embrace new funding for a variety of areas, including education, transportation, child care, and the state’s climate technology sector.
Boston Globe reporters Samantha J. Gross, Mandy McLaren, Diti Kohli, Andrew Brinker, and Jon Chesto shared their live analysis on Healey’s 2024 speech. Read it below.
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Samantha J. Gross can be reached at samantha.gross@globe.com. Follow her @samanthajgross. Diti Kohli can be reached at diti.kohli@globe.com. Follow her @ditikohli_. Andrew Brinker can be reached at andrew.brinker@globe.com. Follow him @andrewnbrinker. Mandy McLaren can be reached at mandy.mclaren@globe.com. Follow her @mandy_mclaren. Jon Chesto can be reached at jon.chesto@globe.com. Follow him @jonchesto.