BOSTON — At $1.8 billion, Gov. Maura Healey recommended a 20% boost in state support for early education and child care in her fiscal year 2026 spending plan, an increase that would nearly ...

BRAINTREE, Mass. — Massachusetts' new $57.78 billion state budget authorizes the State Lottery Commission to begin online sales. Gov. Maura Healey signed the overdue fiscal year 2025 budget on ...

More than a dozen organizations are working on the first-ever CT Early Childhood Investment Portfolio. It will include proposals for multi-year funding across the early childhood ecosystem.