The Massachusetts House plans to vote Wednesday to override several of Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal year 2026 budget vetoes, aiming to restore funding for nursing homes, charter schools and economic development programs.
House leadership said the overrides would focus on spending it deemed "absolutely necessary" to meet the state's needs, despite Healey’s warnings of fiscal strain and the implementation of cost-cutting measures.
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Among the vetoes expected to be overridden are $25 million for supplemental nursing home rates, nearly $20 million in charter school reimbursements and $2 million to support the state’s manufacturing industry. Healey vetoed those and other items in the $60.9 billion budget she signed in July,