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Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. |
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This week, reporter Jordan Wolman covers how expanding data centers are pitting two major Democratic constituencies — union members and environmentalists — against one another. Local decisions over whether to site these projects may have broader consequences, especially for Gov. Healey's push to make the Bay State a leader in AI. |
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Plus, a state proposal to rein in third-party electricity providers could lead to lower rates for some customers, proponents of ballot initiatives to impose rent control and ease zoning to allow starter homes exchange jabs during hearings, a proposal to regulate legislative stipends could also have implications for how business is done on Beacon Hill, and Gateway City superintendents attribute dropping student enrollment to immigration crackdowns. |
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Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading. |
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— The CommonWealth Beacon team |
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| | A backlash to data centers is scrambling whether and how the AI industry takes hold in Massachusetts, how it plays politically for Democrats in a deep-blue state, and how state officials manage the tradeoffs. | |
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| | Now that the House took steps to rein in competitive suppliers through the current energy legislation under debate, there could be a path forward this year to taking action against the companies, which have been accused of ripping off customers. | |
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| | While rent control proponents acknowledged the need for more housing production, they argued that the state cannot build its way out of the crisis and that supply-oriented solutions like the starter home proposal are not sufficient on their own. Rezoning proponents, meanwhile, warned that if lawmakers did not enact the lot size change, voters may opt for price controls on rents they say would stifle the housing production market. | |
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| | A ballot question aiming to reform the Legislature’s controversial system of stipends would reach beyond capping the value or number available. It would also require legislative committees to follow new review and voting procedures as a prerequisite to earning bigger paychecks. | |
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| | Public schools across Massachusetts lost over 15,000 students from fall 2024 to fall 2025, and district superintendents say the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is part of the explanation. | |
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This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Hallie Claflin discuss Claflin‘s latest piece on how immigration enforcement step ups are impacting school enrollment. They zero in on the state’s Gateway Cities, which are home to a disproportionate share of Massachusetts‘s immigrant population and are sounding the alarm over the psychological and fiscal effects of federal enforcement actions on their school communities. |
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