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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 the legal battle between solar developer Sunpin and the small town of Petersham over a project to install 12,000 panels, generating 4.3 megawatts of power but requiring the clearing of 14 acres of forest. The Supreme Judicial Court, which heard arguments on Wednesday on the matter, will make a decision sometime in the next couple of months that could shape siting and permitting decisions for projects to come. |
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Plus, the feud between Auditor Diana DiZoglio and Attorney General Andrea Campbell takes a strange turn over a text message, a Bellingham man grapples with the last-mile costs of greening his home's electricity, a family child care incubator in Worcester gives providers a boost, and House Speaker Ron Mariano calls the ballot initiative to reduce state income taxes "nonsense," after indicating interest in negotiating with business leaders supporting the measure. |
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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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| | The justices appeared to be grappling with the genuine desire of a community to protect its character with the limited authority of localities to stall development. | |
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| | Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s scorched-earth reply to outreach from Attorney General Andrea Campbell made clear that she sees court as the only venue to resolve her stalled legislative audit. Her team will soon get a chance to pitch the state’s top justices. | |
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| | In Massachusetts, as in most states, utilities charge the customer that triggers the need for a grid upgrade the full cost, even if it benefits multiple homes. That turns the system for connecting residential solar projects into a game of chance. | |
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| | The Family Childcare Success Project, formed in partnership by the Guild of St. Agnes and the Seven Hills Foundation, launched a new family child care incubator — only the third of its kind in the nation — meant to provide more child care slots while making it easier for early educators to get their start. | |
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| | The House and Senate took different approaches toward conditioning tax relief on the fate of a ballot question, and legislative leaders continue to fling criticism about the process even as they open the door for negotiations. | |
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This week on The Codcast, we dig into the new partnership between Massachusetts and OpenAI to roll out an AI assistant to help with daily governmental tasks. CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith is joined by Technology Secretary Jason Snyder, who says his goals include “democratizing innovation” and helping streamline bureaucratic systems like the DMV. Snyder discusses the contract with OpenAI, concerns around data privacy and bias in AI systems, and explains why the state is leaning so hard into AI adoption. |
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