Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed suit on Tuesday, asking the court to order that Milton has to comply with a sweeping state law requiring that communities within a certain distance of public transit rezone to allow for minimum amounts of multifamily construction as-of-right.
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Posted inOpinion
Should we repeal the state’s right-to-shelter guarantee?
Massachusetts is the only state with a right-to-shelter law, a distinction that is drawing criticism and praise as the state grapples with a surge of homeless migrants arriving here.
Posted inState Government
No evidence Fiandaca did any work during transition
“For the purposes of a smooth transition, it’s important that when there’s a departure of someone so senior that we be able to call upon that person,” Gov. Maura Healey said. “So it’s normal. You see that in a lot of departures.”
Posted inState Government
Short takes: The House departure lounge fills up
Several of the lawmakers hold leadership positions and committee chairmanships, prompting some musing inside the building, and out, about what the departures mean in the context of House Speaker Ron Mariano’s future.
Posted inEducation
Riley stepping down as state education commissioner
State education commissioner Jeff Riley, who often sought to find common ground in the polarized world of education debates and steered schools through the unprecedented COVID crisis that shuttered classrooms across the state, will leave his post next month after six years as the state’s top official overseeing K-12 schools.
Posted inGovernment
Drop in office values, caused by remote work, is ‘eroding’ Boston’s tax base, report says
Boston could be facing a huge revenue hole over the next five years if it doesn’t respond to the cratering value of office buildings from the rise of remote work, according to a new report.
Posted inHealth Care
Uncertainty swirling around Steward, state ramps up monitoring
State officials will ramp up monitoring of the safety-net hospitals owned by troubled Steward Health Care, which was revealed last month to be in grave financial distress with the fate of its many facilities in limbo.
Posted inGovernment
How did we become such snowflakes about snowstorms? Blame NYC mayor.
Baby boomers still revel in sharing tales of the Blizzard of ‘78. This generation of snowflakes will be left to recount how they endured the Dusting of ‘24.
Posted inCourts
Courts preparing to give restorative justice a try
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM has a well-founded reputation for focusing on punishing offenders, but the Massachusetts court system is preparing to launch a three-year experiment this spring utilizing an approach called restorative justice. Restorative justice, broadly, works to rehabilitate those who commit crimes and address the harm they have done by working with victims and […]
Posted inHousing
Is a motel room affordable housing? This city is arguing yes.
In a case that shows the lengths communities will go to stop a housing project from getting built, Methuen officials are trying to leverage the state’s use of a Days Inn motel as an emergency shelter for homeless families to block a development proposal to build 300 units of rental housing on parcel straddling its border with Dracut.