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WELCOME TO JULY: An even-year July 31 is always a critical crossroads for the House and Senate, but rule changes this time around mean it will look different than it has for the past two decades. And as the House budget chief put it, “it can’t go worse” than last term. Chris Lisinski digs in. |
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OPINION: Cities and towns throughout the colonies “declared” their “independence” in the run-up to July 4, 1776, and encouraged their delegates in the Continental Congress to do the same. Their role as a chorus, if not catalysts, for the Declaration of July 4th should also be celebrated this month, writes Thomas A. Barnico, who teaches at Boston College Law School. |
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Policy watchers trying to figure how lawmakers have spent the current legislative session tackling the housing crisis could be forgiven for having a sense of déja vu. |
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The moves getting the most attention from Beacon Hill as it hurtles into its busiest month of the two-year session are a housing bond bill passed two years ago and lauding the zoning changes introduced by the controversial MBTA Communities multi-family zoning law, signed back in 2021. |
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“This isn’t the monumental session for housing, for a variety of reasons,” said Jesse Kanson-Benanav, executive director of the pro-housing group Abundant Housing Massachusetts. |
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Instead, much of the housing energy is being channeled piecemeal into various things moving through the State House: the state budget, a supplemental budget, an economic development bill, an environmental bond bill. |
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There is no disagreement over the stakes. Amid fears about stemming the tide of out-migration for cheaper pastures, polling finds that affordable housing remains a chief anxiety for young residents. |
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“Affordability is at the center of nearly every major conversation we're having in the Senate today – and has been for quite some time,” Senate President Karen Spilka said at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in June. “That's because you cannot get the most out of Massachusetts if you cannot afford to live here, start a business here, or raise a family here.” |
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But Beacon Hill has so far steered clear of the type of ambitious proposal that would seem to meet the moment. |
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A new state housing tracker, launched last week, offers some bright spots and plenty of question marks. Massachusetts added 34,561 homes in 2025, just over 15 percent of the way toward Healey's goal of 222,000 new units by 2035. But officials said that also reflects a surge of backlogged pandemic-era projects, and low permitting numbers plus national economic headwinds make it hard to predict the actual flow of new units in the next decade. |
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Here’s a rundown of recent actions, pending proposals, and rulings at the Supreme Judicial Court influencing housing policy more aggressively than any single piece of legislation. |
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CHILD CARE: Massachusetts has the fewest child care deserts of any state in the nation, a remarkable improvement fueled by sustained state investments in early education. Saaya Daga reports on a new analysis comparing the Bay State to its peers and the government action that led to this point. |
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TUITION: The Trump administration sued Massachusetts and Rhode Island over laws allowing state residents without legal status to pay in-state tuition rates, alleging the proposals unconstitutionally disadvantage US citizens in other states. Chris Lisinski has details. |
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URBAN HEAT: Federal funding cuts imperiled work to install cooling infrastructure in Massachusetts cities, leaving advocates scrambling to try and mitigate the impacts of rising temperatures disproportionately borne by places such as Chelsea. Northeastern University students Lin Chen, Jeta Perjuci, and Yaron Porat-Gibsh explain in a data-heavy project. |
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OPINION: A massive wastewater spill originating in Haverhill should catalyze action to invest in climate-related infrastructure before the next crisis arrives, writes Chris Mancini, executive director of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. |
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LABOR: Roughly 140 bus drivers and mechanics in the Merrimack Valley went on strike early Wednesday morning, after their contract expired, suspending all bus service across the region until further notice. (GBH News) |
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ELECTIONS: Two Republican candidates knocked from the Massachusetts ballot by the State Ballot Law Commission are appealing their disqualifications — one to the Superior Court and one to the nation’s highest court. (State House News Service – paywall) |
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CLIMATE: As a searing heat wave hits the Northeast, New Bedford rolls out its long-term heat protection plan and opens its cooling centers across the city. (New Bedford Light) |
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ECONOMY: As President Trump runs mass deportations and a war in Iran, and the middle class struggles with rising costs in Democrat-controlled Massachusetts, the Portuguese community of Southeastern Massachusetts has conflicting views on the economy, politics, and the state of the “American Dream.” (WBUR) |
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POLITICS: New Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues is facing an uncertain future after two students accused him of inappropriately touching them during school-related activities. The allegations occurred about six months after Rodrigues made history as the first Black person elected mayor in Brockton. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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