How tariffs are impacting housing developers and three more stories.

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The Saturday Send

Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed.  This week, Hallie Claflin delves into how real estate developers in Gateway Cities are grappling with the Trump administration’s tariff policies. Plus: As part of Massachusetts’ push to meet its climate targets, the state’s utilities regulator says new gas customers may soon need to pay the full hookup cost – no more spreading the expense to existing customers. Check out those stories, and more, below. As always, thanks for reading. — The CommonWealth Beacon team

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Real estate developers in Gateway Cities grappling with Trump’s tariffs By Hallie Claflin Housing and real estate developers are beginning to feel the effects of President Trump’s taxes on imports – a move the administration claims will boost American-made products, but market experts say will hike already-elevated real estate production costs. Some are struggling to factor uncertain material costs into their current project plans. READ MORE

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Massachusetts signals new gas customers may soon have to pay full hookup costs By Bhaamati Borkhetaria Line extension allowances – which allow gas companies to charge the cost of hooking up new customers to existing ones – may be on their way out in Massachusetts. READ MORE

Galvin pursuing ballot question on same-day voter registration  By Michael Jonas Galvin understands the ideal often put forth that lawmaking is best done through the give and take of legislative deliberation. But he also knows the difference between thoughtful deliberation and bill-killing delay tactics. READ MORE

Ali Noorani tapped as new Barr Foundation president By Michael Jonas Noorani will succeed Jim Canales, the foundation’s longtime president who announced in January that he planned to step down after 11 years in the role. READ MORE

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Can Mass. turn the health care crisis around? This week on the monthly Health or Consequences episode of The Codcast, Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, lays out a grim picture of health care in Massachusetts if the state and federal trajectory does not change. He discusses the primary care crisis and the troubling federal landscape with John McDonough of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute. LISTEN NOW

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