Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced a bill that will leverage millions of dollars raised by the Fair Share surtax to borrow up to $2.5 billion over the

(WJAR) — The Maura Healey administration announced a bill on Tuesday that aims to modernize public higher education in Massachusetts. She made the announcement in Bridgewater at the campus of Bridgewater State University. The $2.5 billion bill will add capital improvements to the UMass System, state universities, and community colleges.

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $2.5 billion borrowing bill Tuesday that would dump cash into Massachusetts’ public higher education system to update aging infrastructure that the first-term Democrat argued has suffered from years of neglect.

Governor Healey announced a bond bill that will be the largest infrastructure investment in the public higher education system in decades.

Gov. Maura Healey is scheduled to make what her administration is calling a “major announcement” about funding for higher education in Massachusetts on Tuesday morning. The press conference and tour of the Bridgewater State University Cyber Range is scheduled for 11 a.

Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s.

A new $2.5 billion plan will modernize public universities and colleges across Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday.

Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s.