New Green Line cars get the green light and four more stories

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New Green Line cars get the green light and four more stories

by CommonWealth Beacon staff, CommonWealth Beacon
December 6, 2025

<h1>New Green Line cars get the green light and four more stories</h1>
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<p>Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from <em>CommonWealth Beacon</em>&nbsp;that you may have missed.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This week, the MBTA says it's ready to roll out Green Line cars with anti-collision alerts and Gov. Healey proposes a flood disclosure mandate for home sellers. Plus, Mayor Wu makes a third run at a temporary shift in the city’s tax rate, the Commonwealth's case against Meta finally heads to court, and the Legislature cuts funding for communities hosting casinos.</p>
<p>Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.</p>
<p>— The&nbsp;<em>CommonWealth Beacon</em>&nbsp;team</p>
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<p>More than 16 years after federal overseers recommended it, the MBTA is on the verge of deploying anti-collision technology on the Green Line, even though the timeline has slipped later than officials last promised.</p>
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<p>As flooding touches more Massachusetts households, Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a new requirement to mandate the flood disclosures as a means of steering people out of harm’s way in the first place.</p>
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<p>In letters to the city council and business leaders on Wednesday, Wu warned that residential property taxes are poised for a second double-digit year-over-year increase in a row, with officials projecting a 13 percent rise next year.</p>
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<p>The case, scheduled for oral argument Friday morning, puts Massachusetts at the center of a debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from lawsuits over user-generated content.</p>
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New Green Line cars get the green light and four more stories

CommonWealth Beacon staff, CommonWealth Beacon
December 6, 2025

The Saturday Send

Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. 

This week, the MBTA says it's ready to roll out Green Line cars with anti-collision alerts and Gov. Healey proposes a flood disclosure mandate for home sellers. Plus, Mayor Wu makes a third run at a temporary shift in the city’s tax rate, the Commonwealth's case against Meta finally heads to court, and the Legislature cuts funding for communities hosting casinos.

Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.

— The CommonWealth Beacon team

The T will soon roll out Green Line trolleys with anti-collision tech

By Chris Lisinski

More than 16 years after federal overseers recommended it, the MBTA is on the verge of deploying anti-collision technology on the Green Line, even though the timeline has slipped later than officials last promised.

READ MORE

‘People have a right to know’: Flood disclosures poised to step into legislative limelight next year

By Jordan Wolman

As flooding touches more Massachusetts households, Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a new requirement to mandate the flood disclosures as a means of steering people out of harm’s way in the first place.

READ MORE

A third tilt at the windmill for Wu’s tax shift

By Jennifer Smith

In letters to the city council and business leaders on Wednesday, Wu warned that residential property taxes are poised for a second double-digit year-over-year increase in a row, with officials projecting a 13 percent rise next year.

READ MORE

AG’s suit against Meta hits the SJC 

By Jennifer Smith

The case, scheduled for oral argument Friday morning, puts Massachusetts at the center of a debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from lawsuits over user-generated content.

READ MORE

‘It couldn’t come at a worse time’: Legislature strips casino mitigation funds amid municipal budget woes  

By Hallie Claflin

The move falls in line with the Legislature’s penny-pinching efforts to alleviate state budget pressures amid a host of federal funding claw backs nearly a year into the second Trump administration. Gateway Cities with budgets already nearing a breaking point will now lose out on funds they have used for nearly a decade.

READ MORE

The Legislature breaks for the holidays and ballot season heats up

This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Chris Lisinski check in as Beacon Hill heads into its winter break. Chris looks back at the end of year lawmaking hustle, and what was left for 2026, then turns to a possibly record-smashing number of ballot questions that could land before voters next November.

LISTEN NOW

Published by MassINC

This article first appeared on CommonWealth Beacon and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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The Saturday Send

Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed.

This week, the MBTA says it’s ready to roll out Green Line cars with anti-collision alerts and Gov. Healey proposes a flood disclosure mandate for home sellers. Plus, Mayor Wu makes a third run at a temporary shift in the city’s tax rate, the Commonwealth’s case against Meta finally heads to court, and the Legislature cuts funding for communities hosting casinos.

Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.

— The CommonWealth Beacon team

The T will soon roll out Green Line trolleys with anti-collision tech

By Chris Lisinski

More than 16 years after federal overseers recommended it, the MBTA is on the verge of deploying anti-collision technology on the Green Line, even though the timeline has slipped later than officials last promised.

‘People have a right to know’: Flood disclosures poised to step into legislative limelight next year

By Jordan Wolman

As flooding touches more Massachusetts households, Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a new requirement to mandate the flood disclosures as a means of steering people out of harm’s way in the first place.

A third tilt at the windmill for Wu’s tax shift

By Jennifer Smith

In letters to the city council and business leaders on Wednesday, Wu warned that residential property taxes are poised for a second double-digit year-over-year increase in a row, with officials projecting a 13 percent rise next year.

AG’s suit against Meta hits the SJC

By Jennifer Smith

The case, scheduled for oral argument Friday morning, puts Massachusetts at the center of a debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from lawsuits over user-generated content.

‘It couldn’t come at a worse time’: Legislature strips casino mitigation funds amid municipal budget woes

By Hallie Claflin

The move falls in line with the Legislature’s penny-pinching efforts to alleviate state budget pressures amid a host of federal funding claw backs nearly a year into the second Trump administration. Gateway Cities with budgets already nearing a breaking point will now lose out on funds they have used for nearly a decade.

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