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BALLOTMANIA: Election Day is less than a week away, and with a record-tying nine ballot questions before voters, reporter Chris Lisinski dives into the long history of direct democracy in Massachusetts. Why do we have so many ballot measures? Has something fundamental in our state political system changed? Are voters empowered by so many choices, or are they overburdened? |
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OPINION: Law enforcement had concerns when recreational marijuana was first legalized in Massachusetts, but the years of regulation have proved successful, write retired law enforcement officers Dianne Goldstein and Karen Hawkes. With a ballot question on the table that would roll back the recreational cannabis system, they say there appears to be little appetite among many in law enforcement for returning to the enforcement practices of the past. |
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OPINION: Nobody wants denser housing built only near them, so no city or town wants to be the only one that builds, writes Boston University professor Adam Guren, but the only way to break the zoning logjam is a statewide mandate. Ballot Question 7, which would loosen zoning regulations for single-family houses, is a good first step, he says. |
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As demand for the state’s emergency shelter beds ballooned in early 2025, along with the strain on its homelessness prevention programs, the Healey administration asked lawmakers to provide funding for its rental subsidy program HomeBASE. The funds would cover two years for eligible families, with the possibility of a third year. |
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The Legislature agreed. Then, a week before the governor signed the annual state budget into law, her housing office announced an indefinite pause on all approvals for the third year of assistance. |
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Families who had been planning on the additional year got a fierce shock. And two single-mothers facing imminent eviction are now suing the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, which runs the program, to maintain the third year of coverage. |
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“Without that HomeBASE stabilization,” lawyers for a woman referred to as Jane Doe wrote, “[she] and her young son are at risk of eviction every month.” |
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HomeBASE, developed in 2011 to stabilize families in the state’s shelter system, provides case workers and financial assistance to low-income families in Massachusetts facing homelessness and determined to be emergency shelter eligible by the state. The program provides up to $30,000 in rental subsidies over two years, and lawmakers in 2023 added language to the budget line item stating that families that completed the two years and remained eligible could receive a third year of coverage of $15,000 or more. |
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Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Catherine Hyo-Kyung Ham on Wednesday heard from lawyers representing HomeBASE recipients Doe and Kinisha James. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction ordering the state to provide a third year of HomeBASE stabilization services, including the $15,000 in funding. |
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“We’re really trying to keep these two single mothers in their homes so they’re not evicted by Thanksgiving,” said Elizabeth Alfred with Greater Boston Legal Services, which is representing Doe and James. |
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The state housing office asked the court to dismiss the suits. |
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POLITICS: The latest Political Notebook rounds up a change in the most expensive ballot question campaign this cycle, the deployment of federal election monitors to Lowell and Boston, and pre-election financial activity from environmental groups. Hallie Claflin, Chris Lisinski, and Jordan Wolman have more. |
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OPINION: Polling on ballot questions should be interpreted differently than polls about races between candidates, write MassINC Polling Group president Steve Koczela and research associate Janice Hagerman. The share of voters leaning toward "yes" tends to be the best indicator of a measure's likelihood of passing, and support in the high 40s and low 50s is still on shaky ground. |
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OPINION: As voters prepare to decide whether to keep or repeal a 2024 gun law, Annie Buck, a firearm injury and suicide prevention researcher at Boston Medical Center, argues that the updated "red flag" provisions inside the measure may be helping to reduce suicides. |
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OPINION: Peter Enrich, a former state finance official, and Jessica Tang, president of the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, say approving a new formula for the state's tax cap law would bring minimal benefits to residents while forcing significant cuts to public services. |
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COURTS: Groups that provide legal services to immigrants are suing to stop the Trump administration’s new policy of hiding the locations of tens of thousands of detainees with final deportation orders. (The Associated Press) |
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ELECTIONS: Republicans all over the country are bracing for losses as voters revolt over high prices and the war with Iran, and the forecast looks especially bleak for conservatives in Massachusetts. (WBUR) |
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CIVIL RIGHTS: Disability rights advocates in Massachusetts say that a foundational right for people with disabilities — to receive support and services so that they can live in their communities, rather than in institutions — is under threat after a recent Texas judge’s ruling. (GBH News) |
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EDUCATION: Brockton building trades unions are vocally backing a proposal to build a new local high school. Residents must agree to fund the project in a vote this winter or early spring. If approved, the annual property tax bill for homeowners would increase by an average of $188 over a decade. (The Brockton Enterprise – paywall) |
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TRANSPORTATION: The latest bike lane battlefront is taking shape in Northampton, which is trying to revitalize its Main Street area and improve safety on the wide, sweeping roadway. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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