The new contract completion milestone has been delayed to Jan. 29, 2027, putting the entire process at least two and half years behind schedule.
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Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill
The compromise that cleared both branches Wednesday with just a handful of dissenting votes is an increase of $2.37 billion or 3.9% over the budget Healey signed last July.
Posted inHousing
Rent control question disqualified from November ballot
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the initiative petition seeking to impose statewide rent control “impermissibly” relates to religion and religious institutions.
Posted inStatehouse
Local option under discussion as possible rent control compromise
The proposal would allow cities and towns to opt into capping annual rent increases at 10% or inflation plus 5%.
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Utility regulators looking for cost savings this year
Department of Public Utilities Commissioner Staci Rubin said the commissioners “very clearly want to be containing customer costs.”
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Mass. House passes major energy affordability bill, cutting Mass Save
Legislators say cutting the energy efficiency program will lower electric and gas bills. Environmentalists oppose the change.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Latest delay puts wind power contracts two years behind schedule
The Healey administration blames “uncertainty created by the changing federal landscape” for the delay, while developers file legal challenges to the freeze.
Posted inPolice and Courts
Healey visits site of ‘horrifying’ Fall River assisted living fire
A full investigation is underway after nine residents were killed and many others injured in a five-alarm fire at the Gabriel House facility on Sunday night.
Posted inOffshore Wind
Offshore wind power contracts delayed, again, to 2026
SouthCoast Wind and New England Wind have been stalled by the Trump administration’s freeze of new offshore wind permits.
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Massachusetts House and Senate agree on transparency reforms
Committee votes will become public, as the two houses agree on joint rules for the first time since 2019.