Massachusetts is making history today, folks. In only a few hours, Maura Healey will be sworn in as governor. Let’s kick off this morning by talking about why that’s such a big deal:
This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,Healey is the first woman to be elected governor in Massachusetts and she’s the first openly lesbian governor elected in any state across the country. Alongside her, Kim Driscoll will be sworn in as lieutenant governor, making the duo the first female pair elected governor and lieutenant governor in any state.of today’s ceremonies, beginning with Radio Boston at 11 a.m.
announced her department is scaling back its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementSpecifically, she’s ending an agreement that gave deputies the authority to enforce federal immigration laws, including to arrest people wanted on immigration warrants. The Barnstable department was the last sheriff’s office in New England with such an agreement.: It just got a little easier to hit the slopes.
Massachusetts had submitted the application for nearly $2 billion in federal grants to replace the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. This is the second time the feds have said no; another application for federal project funds was denied last September. State officials aren’t pleased, saying they think it’s the federal government’s responsibility to replace them.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns and operates the bridges, recommended in 2020 that the bridges be replaced with two new wider ones rather than trying to rehab the current bridges . The current ones over the Cape Cod Canal are more than 85 years old.
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