The Saturday Send
Collins survives Wu-backed primary challenge, Brownsberger-Lander race too close to call
By Jennifer Smith
On Beacon Hill, with a reputation for opacity and top-down leadership, swapping sitting senators for first-time progressives may have limited utility when it comes to vote count. But Tuesday sent the signal that local representatives perceived as unfriendly to the city’s goals should expect rockier roads in future primaries.
The unintended consequences of the Student Opportunity Act
By Hallie Claflin
The well-intended legislation was aimed at addressing persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps, but what Beacon Hill perhaps didn’t foresee was the greater financial pressure it would place on municipal budgets as sluggish state aid growth that has not kept pace with inflation, strict limits on local tax increases, and rising costs continue to trap many local governments between a rock and a hard place.
Minogue wins GOP primary for governor, setting stage for matchup with Healey
By Jordan Wolman
Minogue will need to overcome heavy odds to unseat Healey, who starts the race widely favored to win reelection.
Markey’s unvarnished liberalism ages well
By Michael Jonas
In what became practically his campaign mantra, Markey repeated the line to all who raised the issue: “It’s not your age, it’s the age of your ideas that are important.”
SJC says Nahant can take Northeastern University land
By Jennifer Smith
“In short, the town’s stated purpose for the taking is a proper public purpose” that aligned with past actions by the town indicating interest in preserving the area, and not a bad faith ploy, wrote Justice Elizabeth Dewar for a unanimous court.
How New England’s largest nonprofit senior care and housing provider is handling immigration and Medicaid changes
We all need care as we age. Adam Scott leads New England’s largest nonprofit provider of senior care and living communities. He says demand is rising as the Commonwealth’s average age continues to increase. This week on Health or Consequences, John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute talk with Scott about how the broader health care crisis is impacting long-term care.
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