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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, Chris Lisinski takes readers inside the MBTA’s effort to electrify its commuter rail system. The T is inching forward on the project, which has been years, if not decades, in the making, moving at a pace and price that has surprised lawmakers and transit advocates alike. Without funding for further expansion of electric power, though, the next steps in the T’s ambitious electrification plans remain uncertain. |
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Plus, competitive electric supply groups are throwing record dollars at lobbying Beacon Hill this year, in response to legislative efforts at reforming the industry; the state’s Democratic and Republican parties, labor unions, and anti-establishment progressives have formed an unusual alliance in opposition to a ballot question that would bring all-party primaries to Massachusetts; the state's highest court cleared the way for White Stadium to be transformed into a $325 million professional soccer stadium; and the attorney general has recovered almost $12 million from a string of settlements with companies it accuses of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program. |
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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 commuter rail train crosses the Charles River just outside of North Station. (Photo by Andy Metzger) |
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| | The first battery-powered trains will start running on the Fairmount Line more than a decade after MBTA overseers called for electrifying the system, and they’ll be eye-wateringly expensive. Is that just the price and pace of a transformative project? |
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| | “It’s not that our current system is good. It’s that this alternate one is worse,” says Jonathan Cohn, policy director for Progressive Mass. |
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| | The pushback comes as Democrats on Beacon Hill are on the cusp of a long-sought breakthrough to rein in what critics contend are shady energy companies that rip off unwitting customers. |
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| | In a unanimous decision Wednesday, the SJC declared the collection of conservationists and residents did not have standing to block the project. |
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| | The latest defendant accused of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program is fighting the fraud charges. But he’s also blaming any errors on years of shoddy recordkeeping on the part of brokers and vendors that handle scheduling, patient records, and billing for the state’s Medicaid-covered rides. |
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For the towns around the Quabbin Reservoir, managing worsening drought seasons comes with a bitter irony: they surround the essential clean water source for distant Greater Boston, and that means harsher water restrictions than the populous downstream cities. This week on The Codcast, Jennifer Smith talks with fellow CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jordan Wolman about his coverage of Quabbin watershed communities and their push for more state support. |
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