MassFiscal calls on Governor Healey to restore bi-weekly shelter reporting, urges Legislature to make disclosure permanent

As public concern grows over Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s taxpayer-funded travel, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is calling for immediate transparency and a full accounting of the costs incurred by her office during Fiscal Year 2025.

Incident Underscores Urgent Need to Enact Voter-Approved Legislative Audit Law

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued the following statement in response to Governor Maura Healey’s admission that she spent the past week vacationing in France, while Massachusetts courts began releasing criminal defendants back into the public due to a public defender crisis:

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued a scathing rebuke of Governor Maura Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka, and House Speaker Ron Mariano as large numbers of criminal defendants, including some charged with serious violent offenses, are being released due to the Commonwealth’s failure to adequately deal with the indigent defendants issue.

MassFiscal Blasts Governor’s Office for Unprecedented & Bizarre Lack of Transparency

Push for December Deadline An Attempt to Avoid Public Scrutiny

In a stunning display of secrecy and disregard for the will of the people, the Massachusetts House of Representatives has quietly retained the law firm CEK Boston to assist in its fight against Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s effort to audit the legislature.

The national elections sent a clear and resounding message to every elected official across the country.