On October 20, 2025, the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a $2.3 billion fiscal year 2025 closeout supplemental budget, S.2655. The bill withholds most of the $162.7 million requested for county sheriffs’ deficits pending a state inspector general investigation into fiscal year 2025 spending, due June 30, 2026. It also proposes a …
Massachusetts Senate slams brakes on $162M Sheriff bailout amid deficit probe

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