Gov. Maura Healey’s administration confirmed it was not conducting criminal background checks on residents in emergency shelters after months of the first-term Democrat telling the public that

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.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that all state-run shelters will be inspected and their policies will be reviewed after a migrant was found with 10 pounds of fentanyl and a

Gov. Maura Healey downplayed the proliferation of crime in state-run shelters housing migrants and local residents after her administration released thousands of pages of records that show many allegations of rape,

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey requested more funds towards state shelters and ordered an inspection of all state shelters on Monday, after three assault rifles and a large amount of fentanyl were found in a Revere state shelter.