Maura Healey, Massachusetts

Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, explaining she requested more thorough vetting months ago but the checks never happened.
Gov. Healey confirms lack of widespread criminal background checks in state-run shelters
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration confirmed it was not conducting criminal background checks on residents in emergency shelters after months of the first-term Democrat telling the public that
Governor says background checks she ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen: "Absolutely unacceptable"
The Boston Globe reported Thursday that Healey's administration has not been conducting CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) checks on people staying in the state's homeless shelters, even though the governor had told the public that migrants and others arriving at the facilities were being screened.
As Republicans pounce, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey taps former BPD boss to review shelter system
Those revelations further came after last month’s arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site and was charged with possession of an AR-15 and nearly 5,000 grams of “suspected fentanyl,” MassLive previously reported.
Healey administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents
The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.
Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on residents of the emergency assistance shelters, the governor has now ordered that the checks include a check against the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information database. That process is often called a CORI check.
Gov. Healey ordering background checks for emergency shelter applicants
As of Friday, Healey is now calling for CORI checks to be done on all emergency assistance applicants. That new information came as a shock to many local leaders, including State Senator John Velis. Being of service has always been Bell’s greatest joy. She started off as a school bus driver before joining the PVTA.
Healey orders criminal background checks for people entering Mass. shelters
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered that everyone entering the state’s shelter system undergo criminal background checks, saying Friday that she was surprised to recently learn the checks were not being performed.
Gov. Maura Healey says background checks ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen
Gov. Healey said she was recently informed that CORI checks at Massachusetts shelters weren't happening. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents ‘last spring,’ but they weren’t done
Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.
Gov. Healey confirms lack of widespread criminal background checks in Massachusetts' state-run shelters
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey commissioned an independent review of security at state-run shelters and signaled an openness to residency requirements for the emergency assistance program after facing blowback for a lack of widespread criminal background checks in the system.
Gov. Healey orders CORI checks for Emergency Assistance applicants
A spokesperson with Healey’s office confirmed to Boston 25 News that the state has not been conducting CORI checks, however, ...
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Gov. Healey interested in revisiting shelter law intent
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday discussed an interest in realigning the state’s right-to-shelter law “with its original intent,” ...