Healey, Driscoll visit to Latino-owned businesses highlights ‘huge economic engine' in Mass.

As Attorney General Maura Healey, the Democratic nominee for governor, combed through a rack of Colombian jeans and giggled over a pair of glittery...

October 3, 2022
11:44 PM

As Attorney General Maura Healey, the Democratic nominee for governor, combed through a rack of Colombian jeans and giggled over a pair of glittery, sequined shorts at the Chelsea Boutique on Monday morning, she queried the owner about supply chain problems and vowed to address affordability concerns should she win the corner office next month.Maria Barrientos, who happens to be the mother of Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Kim Driscoll's campaign manager, lamented that shipping expenses have doubled — and the cost of other goods remain high — amid the economic slowdown.

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