Healey cut blocks benefit bump for poor

Activists are objecting to Gov. Maura Healey's decision to cut funds that would benefit some of the state's lowest-income residents, saying it will prevent an "urgently needed" 10% benefit bump that was schedule to take effect on April 1.

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