November 11, 2025

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House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals

The legislation, which faces long odds in the Senate, represents a substantial shift on Beacon Hill on climate policy

‘We will fill the State House’: Advocates gird for a showdown over House plan to dial back climate commitments

A fight is now brewing over Gov. Maura Healey’s energy affordability bill

New state coastal resilience plan proposes voluntary buyout program

Sea level rise and increases in flooding could make parts of the coast uninhabitable

Half of Holyoke’s middle school students started the year at a new school. The other half were ‘left behind.’

How Proposition 2½, strained municipal budgets, and an inequitable state funding formula have left some communities between a rock and a hard place when it comes to new school construction

The Red-Blue Connector: A half-mile of subway that benefits an entire region

Now is the time to made good on a 100-year-old idea

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