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At signing event Healy answers questions on investigation, regional energy and Ukraine
Summary
At the signing event Governor Maura Healey fielded reporters' questions about an appointed special prosecutor in a tragic death, regional energy cooperation with Connecticut, use of federal connections, and Massachusetts’ support for Ukraine, reiterating support for investigations and regional procurement without announcing new policy actions.
After the bill signing, Governor Maura Healey and administration officials took questions from reporters on a range of topics.
On oversight and investigations, Healey praised the attorney general’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a recent tragic death (referenced in the transcript as Delgado Garcia). "He appears to be a highly experienced and respected prosecutor," Healey said, and added she has called for an investigation and hopes it proceeds promptly so the family and public get answers.
On leveraging federal relationships, Healey said much of the work to secure federal grants is done at the secretariat level with federal agency counterparts, though she said she does not pass up opportunities to "plug Massachusetts" in conversations with the president or vice president. She told reporters the administration will continue its team-driven approach regardless of election cycles.
Asked about talks with the governor of Connecticut, Healey described regional energy cooperation — including joint procurement, transmission build‑out and the potential to purchase energy from Connecticut’s Millstone nuclear plant — as a priority for governor‑to‑governor discussion. She said the administration has created an office to focus on regional, state and federal relationships to support such procurements.
Healey also described meeting Ukraine’s president and first lady at a governors’ meeting and pledged Massachusetts would support Ukrainians and Ukrainian refugees; she noted roughly 40% of students in some parts of Ukraine are not in school and said state organizations are providing supplies and services.
The governor expressed support for Joyce Craig in the New Hampshire mayoral contest when asked, citing Craig’s experience as a city executive and positions on housing and reproductive choice. She declined to comment on details of a possible federal probe into the state police academy, saying she would let the attorney general’s appointed investigators proceed.
No formal policy changes or new investigations were announced during the question-and-answer period; officials repeatedly emphasized implementation of the signed federal‑funds tool and supporting municipal applications as the administration’s immediate priorities.
