BOSTON – State Treasurer Goldberg announced today a group of experts, leaders, and community members to spearhead the Baby Bonds Task Force. This Task Force is charged with providing the Treasurer, the Office of Economic Empowerment, and the Economic Empowerment Trust Fund with recommendations on creating a Baby Bonds initiative in Massachusetts. The Task Force will meet monthly and will provide their final recommendations by November, ahead of the legislative filing deadline

Jane Doe presents the Office of Economic Empowerment and Rachael Rollins with Annual Award at the Spring into Action Breakfast Pictured Left to Right: Maria Harris, Spring Into Action Co-Chair and Chief Human Resources Officer at Rockland Trust; US Attorney Massachusetts Rachael Rollins; Alayna Van Tassel, Deputy Treasurer and Executive Director, Office of Economic Empowerment/MA Treasurer's Office; Denella Clark, Spring Into Action Co-Chair and Philanthropist and Author; Deb

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (the Trust) announced it will be offering two new programs for Lead Service Line (LSL) inventories and replacement planning, including a 100 percent loan forgiveness program for public water suppliers (PWSs) and technical assistance for Community and Non-Transient, Non-Community PWSs serving less than 10,000 persons. Starting July 1, 2022, the Trust will offer $20 million in loans with 100 percent loan forgiveness for planning acti

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust’s (the Trust) Board of Trustees approved $48,033,573 in new grants and low-interest loans at its meeting on June 1, 2022. Below is information on the grants and loans approved at the meeting. The Trust, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), helps communities build or replace water infrastructure that enhances ground and surface water resources, ensures the safety of drinking water

Proposed Language Would Require the State Pension Fund to Divest from Companies that Manufacture and Distribute Guns and Ammunition for Civilian Use BOSTON — In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two teachers, State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg calls for the Massachusetts Legislature to pass legislation requiring the state’s $101.5 billion pension fund to divest approximately $2 million from companies

New Proxy Voting Guidelines Designed to Positively Impact Changing Climate Boston- With just one more month of the proxy season, the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board, which oversees the state’s $101.5 billion pension fund, voted on several environmental proxy proposals. In February, the PRIM Board approved new proxy voting guidelines proposed by State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, therefore the Board will vote against any director at a compan