Broker fees are an unfair cost for renters, and they should not be on the hook to pay for someone they didn’t hire,” Healey said.

Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that her upcoming budget proposal will include language to require broker's fees be paid by whoever originally hired the broker — usually the landlord.

The Bay State will spend upwards of $8 billion over the next ten years improving its roads, bridges and regional transportation services if a proposal announced by the governor Tuesday is passed by the legislature.

Just days after Governor Maura Healey joined the chorus of opposition to broker fees, the tenant-paid fees — which can equal a full month of rent — will be abolished through an outside section in her budget proposal, her office said.

Healey plans to include the ban in her budget proposal later this month for the fiscal year that begins July 1, her office said Monday. Most renters in Massachusetts are required to cover the cost of broker fees when they get an apartment,

An active police investigation is underway after a child was shot in Easton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon. State police said they responded to reports of a shooting on Robert Drive near the Avalon Complex in Easton shortly before 3 p.