Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, explaining she requested more thorough vetting months ago but the checks never happened.
‘Unacceptable’: Gov. Healey launches independent review of shelter system after criminal activity
Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will oversee the investigation that will take a closer look at every shelter across Massachusetts.
Healey administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents
The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.
Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on residents of the emergency assistance shelters, the governor has now ordered that the checks include a check against the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information database. That process is often called a CORI check.
Governor says background checks she ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen: "Absolutely unacceptable"
Maura Healey said Friday that it's "absolutely unacceptable" that criminal background checks she ordered last spring at Massachusetts shelters never happened. The Boston Globe reported Thursday that Healey's administration has not been conducting CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) checks on people staying in the state's homeless shelters,
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents ‘last spring,’ but they weren’t done
Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.
Gov. Healey confirms lack of widespread criminal background checks in Massachusetts' state-run shelters
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey commissioned an independent review of security at state-run shelters and signaled an openness to residency requirements for the emergency assistance program after facing blowback for a lack of widespread criminal background checks in the system.
Mass. Republicans slam Healey over revelations about background check gaps at shelters
Beacon Hill Republicans issued a scathing rebuke to the Healey administration on Friday in the wake of a published report revealing that it did not conduct full background checks on people admitted to the state’s emergency shelter system.
Healey orders criminal background checks for people entering Mass. shelters
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered that everyone entering the state’s shelter system undergo criminal background checks, saying Friday that she was surprised to recently learn the checks were not being performed.
Gov. Healey Pushes $425M Spending Bill To Prevent Shelter Crisis As Funds Set To Run Dry By Jan. 31
Gov. Maura Healey has proposed a $425 million spending bill to keep Massachusetts' emergency shelter system running through ...
As Republicans pounce, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey taps former BPD boss to review shelter system
Speaking to reporters after an unrelated event on Thursday, State Sen. Peter Durant, R-Worcester/Hampshire, a spending hawk, ...
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Gov. Healey interested in revisiting shelter law intent
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday discussed an interest in realigning the state’s right-to-shelter law “with its original intent,” ...
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Facing pressure, Gov. Healey pledges to keep emergency shelters safe
Newly released state data show a slew of alleged criminal activity at the shelters, and federal authorities are pursuing the ...
Governor Healey gives update on shelter system, says intent original law needs to be looked at
Governor Maura Healey gave an update on the shelter system in Massachusetts and said that the intent of the original law ...
Gov. Maura Healey asks for $425M more to pay for emergency shelters housing migrants
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with ...
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Gov. Healey seeks to quell fears of service cuts in Massachusetts during Trump's second term
Healey administration officials on Thursday sought to sooth anxieties around the incoming Trump administration and potential ...
Gov. Healey signs bill banning cat declawing
After a year of deliberation, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey finally signed a new bill into law that protects cats from being declawed.