The Saturday Send
Future of Mass Save in limbo as Legislature stalls on energy bill
By Jordan Wolman
A political backlash to Mass Save, amid a rising tide of angst over soaring utility bills, has taken root in the Bay State.
Three criminal cases involving ICE hit the Supreme Judicial Court
By Jennifer Smith
“You have to try,” said Justice Dalila Wendlandt of the Suffolk judge’s refusal to submit a corrected writ to ICE. “I’m not just making that up. I think it’s the case law.”
Trump is the elephant in the room during first Healey-Minogue debate
By Jennifer Smith
Voters in the deep-blue state are sometimes open to a gesture toward bipartisanship through a Republican governor that could, at least in theory, square off against a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature. But Minogue’s odds look long.
Eversource CEO tells industry conference he expects Healey to turn down the ‘volume’ on utility criticism post-election
By Jordan Wolman
Nolan’s comments that Healey will tone down her rhetoric after the election stand in stark contrast to Healey’s pitch to voters that Massachusetts will take on utility profits and go to bat for ratepayers.
Chelsea considering eliminating parking minimums to promote housing production
By Hallie Claflin
Across the country, cities are abandoning their parking minimums and hoping to end up with fewer parking lots and walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods. The local rules have been used to ensure new developments can accommodate residents with cars and do not overwhelm on-street public parking. But urbanists have argued that the requirements gobble up land that could be used for more housing and drive up construction costs.
Mike Minogue talks Medicaid cuts, primary care spending, and immigration impacts on the health care workforce
Minogue, who spent 19 years as CEO of Abiomed, the Danvers-based heart pump company, joined hosts John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute on this month’s Health or Consequences podcast.
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