Massachusetts braces for topsy-turvy winter energy
Bay Staters reeling from high utility bills are gearing up for a shaky winter
Looming over it all are soaring utility bills and the annual rinse-and-repeat cycle of turning to high-polluting oil-fired electric generation, as power demand is projected to keep rising across the region in the years ahead.
John Adams warned us against oligarchs
“He who had the deepest purse, or the fewest scruples about using it will generally prevail.”
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
From the Archives
On Heritage Road
In the heart of suburbia, anxieties about the new economy
