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UNCOMPETITIVE: The historic level of competition on ballot questions does not extend to the Legislature – roughly 60 percent of House and Senate races this cycle will have only a single candidate on the ballot. Chris Lisinski has more.
Senate President Karen Spilka (left) has not faced a challenger since 2010, and House Speaker Ron Mariano (right) last had an opponent in 2020. (Chris Lisinski/CommonWealth Beacon)
excerpt: MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS ARE on track to have a record-smashing, likely overwhelming number of choices to make this fall that could reshape the state. They’ll need to decide whether to walk back a landmark gun control law, slash taxes over the objections of Beacon Hill, reverse a 1994 electorate decision to ban rent control, and much more. When it comes to the elected officials responsible for writing the laws in the first place, though, most Bay Staters will once again have no options at all. Three out of every five state legislative races will be completely uncontested this fall, in each case allowing a single candidate — almost always the incumbent — to amble into another two-year term without needing to expend any energy on campaigning or explain their positions on issues facing the state. If constituents don’t like that, well, they can blank their ballot or write in another name in silent, ineffectual protest. Public sentiment about Beacon Hill has been increasingly marbled with negativity.The historic boom in ballot questions — as many as 11 could go before voters, surpassing the record of nine set in 1994 — in many ways reflects dissatisfaction, with many proposals seeking to circumvent legislative inertia and one targeting lawmakers themselves by looking to force access to their records.
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DIZOGLIO: Even more twists and turns arrived in the long-running drama of Auditor Diana DiZoglio versus the Legislature. The Senate voted to release some records DiZoglio sought, while insisting senators may still argue she has no constitutional authority to do so, and House leaders decided to take a different approach altogether. Chris Lisinski digs in.
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ICED OUT: New guidance from the Healey administration asserts that that administrative warrants issued by ICE or the Department of Homeland Security do not authorize entry into nonpublic spaces, and encourages providers and organizations to identify non-public areas and develop procedures if immigration enforcement action is attempted there. Ella Adams with the State House News Service has more. |
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CRACK DOWN: The Department of Environmental Protection has launched a review of its program that requires the state’s six gas companies to meet annually declining limits on methane emissions. Jordan Wolman has the details. |
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Nearly 90 environmental organizations, nonprofits, and even some private companies have signed on to endorse a ballot measure poised to land before voters this November that would dedicate as much as $100 million a year from the sales tax generated on sporting goods purchases to expand land conservation efforts. |
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The coalition, unsurprisingly, includes some of the bigger names in the state focused on environmental issues: Conservation Law Foundation, Mass Audubon, The Trustees of Reservations, The Nature Conservancy, and even outdoors retailer REI. |
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You won’t find the Environmental League of Massachusetts on that list. |
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ELM, one of the state’s oldest advocacy organizations given its founding in 1898, is instead sitting this one out. The organization’s campaign arm formally endorsed Gov. Maura Healey for reelection earlier this month. |
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“We made the decision to not weigh in on the Nature for All ballot question due to capacity,” said Leigh Chandler, an ELM spokesperson. “We’re directing our staff hours toward closing out a strong legislative session and, on the ELM Action Fund side, supporting climate candidates.” |
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BILL GALVIN: Secretary of State Bill Galvin has seen a lot in his nearly five decades in public office. But this year he’s experiencing something new: No majority-party opponent in his bid for reelection. Chris Lisinski reports.
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YIMBY: The Healey administration is getting involved in pushing for pro-housing legislation, with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll showing face at a Wednesday rally at the State House. Jennifer Smith explains. |
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US SENATE: Alex Rikleen, a Democrat running for US Senate, ended his campaign and endorsed incumbent Sen. Ed Markey. Sam Drysdale reports for the State House News Service. |
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IMMIGRATION: A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s case targeting Boston’s sanctuary city policy, writing that no federal judge could provide the kind of relief that the federal government is seeking. (GBH News) |
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TRANSIT: As the World Cup nears, MBTA officials are staring down a grim task: making the system’s dingy T stations feel like a pleasant place to await a train. (WBUR) |
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TECHNOLOGY: State officials are committing millions of dollars for a new quantum center and lawmakers are also considering new legislation to create a public quantum center and investment fund. (State House News Service – paywall) |
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DEVELOPMENT: The future is uncertain for the former UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, which is closing as an emergency shelter this summer with no public plans for what comes next. (Boston Business Journal – paywall) |
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SCIENCE: Massachusetts researchers are asking the state to step in and fund scientific research to help make up for steep drops in federal support that have cost universities tens of millions of dollars. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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