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Healy unveils 'Mass Leads' bill in Worcester, seeks $1 billion life‑sciences reauthorization and new AI funding
Summary
Governor Maura Healey and economic development officials outlined the Mass Leads Act at MBI in Worcester, saying it would reauthorize the state's life‑sciences initiative at $1 billion over 10 years, propose $100 million for AI leadership, and include measures to expand biomanufacturing and workforce access.
Governor Maura Healey, joined by her economic team and local leaders, introduced the Mass Leads Act this morning at MBI in Worcester, describing it as an economic‑development bill designed to reauthorize Massachusetts' life‑sciences initiative at $1 billion over 10 years and to expand investments in AI, biomanufacturing and regional economic growth.
"Today, we're here to talk about the Mass Leads Act. It's an economic development bill that we recently filed," Governor Maura Healey said, framing the proposal as a decade‑long plan to "lengthen our lead" in life sciences and related industries. She urged the state to invest in biomanufacturing "from lab to fab" to keep companies and jobs in Massachusetts and to broaden workforce access.
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