Healey takes next step in bid to get in on Canadian offshore wind
The Healey administration, in search of a way out of state’s energy crunch, boosts wind development off Nova Scotia
The move is a concrete signal of the state’s seriousness in collaborating with Nova Scotia to boost offshore wind and find a Plan B to the now-stalled domestic wind industry on which Massachusetts had been relying.
The House bid to expand gambling is not just a bad idea. It’s a stealthy move that underscores what the public hates about the Legislature.
The plan is a giveaway to special interests that has received none of the scrutiny of earlier casino legislation.
PODCASTS
What does a blue wave mean in Massachusetts?
It’s a wrap on elections in Massachusetts, and the Democrats have kept a hold on almost all their levers of power in the state. But there was still plenty of controversial policy for voters to weigh in on. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Talia Lissauer of the Berkshire Eagle and Ella Adams of the State House News Service about election week, starting with a late-breaking ballot question result. They dig into the slew of ballot questions, the regions with competitive races, and what it means for areas without much down-ballot action.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Commonwealth in depth
The Dean of Massachusetts mayors
Leominster bills itself as ‘a city on the move,’ but it hasn’t elected a new mayor in more than three decades
BY THE NUMBERS
While Democrats are celebrating, pollsters are breathing sighs of relief
Polls were mostly right in pointing toward Tuesday’s huge blue wave
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On Heritage Road
In the heart of suburbia, anxieties about the new economy
