The Massachusetts House voted 153-4 late Friday to pass a $58 billion fiscal 2025 budget that invests in K-12 education, child care and public transit, shifting debate on spending priorities to the Senate.

Both the federal government and the state have taken efforts to streamline the process to approve new immigrants to work in the U.S. Here's an inside look at that process. 

While negotiators remain at odds over how much they want to draw from state savings and exactly what kind of time limits to place on shelter stays — plus whether restaurants should resume takeout drink sales — funding could run out in less than two weeks, a Healey administration official confirmed Thursday.

Money for the state's emergency family shelter system could run out sometime between Monday and the end of April, according to a top senator, who is part of a six-person group of lawmakers trying to come up with funding solutions.

The steady stream of rain and snowstorms has state and county environmental advocacy groups keeping a wary eye on potential flooding threats. More stormwater infiltration is a major step in the right direction as a step to prevent flooding.

The House Ways and Means Committee version of the budget, which was unveiled on Wednesday, protects the parts of the Personal Care Attendant program that Gov. Maura Healey aimed to cut.

Massachusetts State Police have begun implementing a program to improve interactions with people on the autism spectrum.