Maura Healey
Governor of Massachusetts since 2023
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| April 30 2024 | Signed a bill directing $251 million to the shelter system and limiting family shelter stays to nine months. |
| April 22 2024 | Gabrielle Wolohojian was sworn in to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. |
| February 28 2024 | The Governor's Council approved Gabrielle Wolohojian's nomination to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. |
| 2023 | Concludes her term as Attorney General of Massachusetts after eight years, having implemented significant criminal justice and public health policy initiatives. |
| December 2023 | Signed a $3.1 billion supplemental budget bill adding $250 million for the state's shelter system and creating overflow locations for migrants. |
| November 9 2023 | Announced that migrant families would be placed on a waiting list for shelter as the state exceeded its 7,500-family limit. |
| October 2023 | Smith & Wesson opened its new factory in Maryville, Tennessee, completing the relocation prompted by Healey's earlier legislative actions. |
| October 4 2023 | Signed into law a scaled-back tax proposal, including increased child tax credits, reduced short-term capital gains tax, and estate tax changes. |
| August 2023 | Declared a state of emergency due to an increase in migrants seeking shelter, setting a limit of 7,500 families in the emergency shelter system. |
| August 2023 | Signed the 2024 fiscal year state budget, which included the MassReconnect community college program. |
| March 2023 | Announced a $20 million appropriation for the 'MassReconnect' free community college program for residents 25 and older. |
| February 2023 | Announced a $742 million tax cut package proposal for fiscal year 2024, including increases in child tax credits, rental deductions, and changes to capital gains and estate taxes. |
| January 2023 | Signed an Executive Order establishing the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience, creating a cabinet-level Climate Chief position, and appointing Melissa Hoffer to the role. |
| January 9 2023 | Shortly after being inaugurated as governor, Healey publicly announced her relationship with attorney Joanna Lydgate, her former chief deputy, clarifying that their romantic relationship began after Lydgate left her role to co-found the States United Democracy Center. |
| January 5 2023 | Maura Healey was inaugurated as Governor of Massachusetts. |
| November 8 2022 | Healey defeated Republican nominee Geoff Diehl in the general election, becoming the nation's first openly lesbian governor. |
| November 8 2022 | Maura Healey was elected Governor of Massachusetts, becoming the first woman and first openly gay person to be elected to this position in the state's history. |
| September 6 2022 | Healey won the Democratic primary election, defeating Sonia Chang-Díaz, who withdrew from the primary. She received endorsements from Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and U.S. Senator Ed Markey. |
| July 2022 | Maura Healey moved from Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| January 20 2022 | Maura Healey announced her candidacy for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election after incumbent Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, decided not to seek reelection. |
| 2021 | Announced a significant resolution against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, requiring over $4.3 billion in payments for opioid epidemic prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. The resolution mandates Purdue Pharma be wound down or sold by 2024, and requires the Sacklers to be banned from the opioid business and turn over control of their family foundations to an independent trustee. |
| 2021 | As a result of Healey's gun control legislation, Smith & Wesson announced plans to relocate its headquarters and primary manufacturing operations from Massachusetts to Tennessee. |
| June 3 2020 | Delivered a powerful speech during a Zoom conference call with 300 members of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, calling for business leaders to address racial inequalities and systemic racism, famously stating 'Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow.' |
| April 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Healey took legal action to protect Massachusetts residents, including challenging price gouging and protecting consumer rights during the public health crisis. |
| November 6 2018 | Healey was reelected as Massachusetts Attorney General, defeating Republican nominee James McMahon with 69.9% of the vote. |
| May 17 2017 | Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel, following Healey's advocacy. |
| May 11 2017 | After FBI Director James Comey's firing, Healey led efforts calling for a special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with her office sending a letter signed by 20 Attorneys General to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. |
| March 9 2017 | Healey announced her office was joining a lawsuit challenging Trump's revised Executive Order 13780, arguing it remained discriminatory and unconstitutional. |
| January 31 2017 | Maura Healey announced her office was joining a lawsuit challenging President Trump's Executive Order 13769 ("Muslim ban"), condemning it as discriminatory and motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment. |
| 2016 | Healey led a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policies, including actions against environmental regulations and immigration. |
| July 20 2016 | Healey announced a significant gun control measure, proposing to ban the manufacturing of most assault rifles in Massachusetts, which would later lead to significant industrial consequences. |
| 2015 | Maura Healey became the Attorney General of Massachusetts, making history as the first woman and first openly gay person to hold this statewide office in Massachusetts. |
| 2014 | Healey was elected Massachusetts Attorney General, defeating Republican nominee John Miller with 62.5% of the vote and becoming the first openly lesbian state attorney general in the United States. |
| September 9 2014 | Healey won the Democratic primary for Attorney General, defeating former State Senator Warren Tolman with 62.4% of the vote, securing a margin of 126,420 votes. |
| 2013 | Resigns from her position to run for attorney general in 2014. |
| October 2013 | Maura Healey announced her candidacy for Massachusetts Attorney General, seeking to succeed Martha Coakley who was retiring to run for governor. |
| 2012 | Promoted to chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau, and subsequently appointed chief of the Business and Labor Bureau at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. |
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