Pocasset, Maura Healey and Mental

Pocasset Mental Health Center targeted for closure in Gov. Healey's budget proposal
Gov. Maura Healey wants to close the state’s Pocasset Mental Health Center as part of her fiscal 2026 proposed budget. But unions who represent workers their strongly oppose the idea.The Pocasset facility is a 16-bed inpatient acute mental health stabilization unit serving patients aged 19 and older.
Mental health facilities in Canton, Pocasset closing as Healey tries to lay off case managers
Gov. Maura Healey moved to close two mental health hospitals in Canton and Pocasset and lay off half the Department of Mental Health’s case managers in an effort to cut down costs and balance the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal she rolled out Wednesday.
Vieira slams state plan to close mental health center in Pocasset
We have been working tirelessly alongside community leaders, health care professional (and others) to reverse this decision.
Mass. plans to close state mental health center on Cape Cod; will cut 100s of related jobs
As Healey filed her fiscal 2026 budget Wednesday, a string of health care unions lamented the governor’s plan to shutter Pocasset Mental Health Center.
State plans to close two health facilities as part of new budget
Gov. Maura Healey announced plans to close the state-run Pocasset Mental Health Center and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital in Canton as part of her fiscal 2026 budget. The governor also intends to significantly slash the state's mental health case manager workforce,
Five things to know about Gov. Maura Healey’s $62B budget plan
The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of ...
WBUR2d
Healey warns electricity costs in Mass. will increase by $200 million under Trump tariffs
The governor said she is very concerned about the president's idea to impose higher tariffs on China and new, steep tariffs ...
WGBH6d
5 takeaways from Gov. Healey's 2025 State of the Commonwealth
And I also promise you we will not change who we are.” Who we are, Healey had said moments earlier, is the state that started ...
Maura Healey files $62 billion Massachusetts budget as post-pandemic revenue slowdown limits spending
Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic ...
Healey blasts Trump tariffs as ‘terrible’ for Mass. economy
Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.
Gov. Maura Healey pushes back on right whale speed rules affecting the Island
NOAA has proposed new speed restrictions for boats across the East Coast that Gov. Maura Healey hopes will be amended.
‘Terrible for the Mass. economy.’ Healey says Trump tariffs could spike electricity costs here by $200 million
Governor Maura Healey told business leaders that President Trump’s proposal to put tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico could spike electricity costs by $200 million a year.
Tariffs on Canada could lead to $200M increase in electricity costs in Mass., Healey says
President Donald Trump’s pledge to place 25% tariffs on products from Canada could lead to an estimated $200 million annual increase in the total cost of electricity in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura ...