Gov. Maura Healey filed a $425 million spending bill Tuesday that attempts to drain nearly all of an account filled with pandemic-era surplus dollars to pay for emergency shelter costs through the rest of fiscal year 2025.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday ordered the inspection of all state-run emergency family shelters after a suspected undocumented immigrant was recently caught with a rifle and a huge drug stash.

The December arrest of 28-year-old Leonardo Andujar Sanchez was announced last week by the Revere Police Department, which said its officers and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department recovered an estimated $1 million worth of fentanyl and "a loaded AR-15 with ammo" from a room at the Quality Inn in Revere.

Gov. Maura Healey ordered a full inspection of all state-run shelter units and a “full review” of the intake process to determine if additional steps can be added to prevent criminal activity

Healey’s order followed the arrest late last month of an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Revere police said they seized an assault rifle and roughly 10 pounds of fentanyl.

An undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site is accused of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 and fentanyl trafficking. Here's how Gov. Maura Healey is responding.

Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Maura Healey on Monday ordered an inspection of all state-run emergency shelters after an illegal migrant was