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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, CommonWealth Beacon launched our 2026 Ballot Question Guide, breaking down each of the nine measures voters will face at the polls this November. Over the next several weeks, our reporters will continue to cover these ballot questions, delivering the essential information voters need to feel prepared to make their decisions. Follow along with our ballot coverage, and explore each measure below. |
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Plus, party membership among Massachusetts voters is withering, not because voters are rejecting parties, but because the state’s automatic voter registration system does not give them the chance to join; a new market-rate housing development in Fall River has sparked backlash from affordable housing advocates who argue that the plan should include income-restricted units; the MBTA Communities law survived a challenge from Marshfield; and the state’s largest teacher union is the biggest financial backer of a campaign urging voters to keep a 2024 gun reform law on the books. |
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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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| By CommonWealth Beacon staff | Nine statewide ballot questions will go before voters in November, tying a record last set in 1994. The measures in the mix range across a host of weighty topics, from tax rebates to recreational marijuana to elections administration. Here’s what you need to know. |
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| | Why Massachusetts parties are allowing the slow-moving self-destruction to continue is anyone’s guess. |
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| | The South Coast community is on track to see its 20-acre waterfront transformed by a massive mixed-use development consisting of up to 1,500 new housing units, all of which the city has indicated should be market rate. The move has angered affordable housing advocates and sparked a familiar debate, where pro-development and pro-affordability ideals seem to be at odds. |
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| | As most cities and towns got into compliance with the housing law — eagerly or dragging their feet along the way — some holdouts were hoping that the state’s high court would rule that they did not have to rezone. It was a longshot bid, after the SJC already upheld the law as enforceable by the attorney general’s office in early 2025. |
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| | The state's largest teachers union is now the single biggest financial backer of keeping a 2024 gun control law on the books. |
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| Massachusetts is growing and reliable energy helps make that growth possible. National Grid is investing in the energy infrastructure that powers our homes and businesses, while supporting new housing, new jobs, and economic growth across the Commonwealth. | In Massachusetts, it all starts with safe, reliable energy. |
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Gov. Maura Healey is all-in on artificial intelligence, but she’s also trying to get a handle on soaring energy costs and a growing backlash to the very structures supporting the AI boom — data centers. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Jordan Wolman discuss the governor’s new executive order trying to make data centers greener and more responsive to community feedback, and the paradox of pushing for expanded AI usage as communities revolt against its infrastructure. |
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