California's Newsom seeks to scale back healthcare for state's undocumented immigrants:: May 14, 2025:: Sacramento, California:: Gavin Newsom, California Governor"So here are the solutions: $5 billion on a freeze on our Medi-Cal expansion.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state is staring down an $12 billion budget deficit. The Democratic governor shared the number Wednesday as he laid out his nearly $322 billion state spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.

The freeze will take effect on May 27 and will manage the state’s finances as it is finalizing the spending budget for the next fiscal year.

BOSTON — Gov. Maura T. Healey moved May 14 to pause most hiring in state government's executive branch in the face of what her office described as "widespread economic uncertainty at the national level and a tightening budget outlook" for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Governor Maura Healey’s office is putting a pause on executive branch hiring as Massachusetts braces for potential trouble ahead.