This week at the State House in Boston, the Healey administration dominated headlines.
BOSTON (WWLP) – This week at the State House in Boston, the Healey administration dominated headlines.
From an international leadership meeting to 9/11 remembrance ceremonies to a surprising budget bill–the governor had a full slate of public appearances this week.
Early in the week, Governor Healey met with New England governors and Eastern Canadian premieres to discuss the region’s future plans for clean energy.
“Our close ties as a region create a unique opportunity and platform for executing, for implementing a planned vision for clean energy,” said Healey at a press event following the conference.
On Wednesday, the governor presented Jillian Smith from Wales with a civilian bravery award for saving her elderly neighbors from a house fire at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.
“You always want a helping hand or just a kind-hearted person down the road to help you in your time of need,” said Smith, when asked what she wants her neighbors to know. “And I would just hope that someone would help if they had to.”
On Wednesday, Governor Healey filed a closeout budget bill that includes some clean energy siting and permitting reform policy.
House and Senate versions of this reform have been stuck in negotiation since the end of the legislative session.
The senate negotiation lead, Senator Michael Barrett, said Governor Healey is “taking sides.”
“The governor is all but killing the negotiations,” Barrett told State House News Service. “You can’t create an altogether second track that gives one side almost everything it seeks and still claim to be interested in a true compromise.”
Also this week, the treasurer fired the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission after a year-long legal battle.
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