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ICYMI: Prospects shaky for real estate transfer fee
01/17/2026

ICYMI: Prospects shaky for real estate transfer fee

Supporters of real estate transfer fees, a long-bubbling idea on Beacon Hill that would impose a surcharge on property sales to generate affordable housing funding, are vowing to make another push for...

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:1. Healey administration pushes back clean heat st...
01/17/2026

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:

1. Healey administration pushes back clean heat standard to 2028 as affordability concerns mount

Oil, propane, and natural gas providers would need to gradually cut their emissions each year under the program and buy credits to offset their pollution, costs which in theory could be passed on to...

ICYMI: State recommends vaccine schedule backed by pediatricians’ academy
01/17/2026

ICYMI: State recommends vaccine schedule backed by pediatricians’ academy

The move deviates from changes in vaccine recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control under the direction of the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

ICYMI: Healey administration pushes back clean heat standard to 2028 as affordability concerns mount
01/16/2026

ICYMI: Healey administration pushes back clean heat standard to 2028 as affordability concerns mount

Oil, propane, and natural gas providers would need to gradually cut their emissions each year under the program and buy credits to offset their pollution, costs which in theory could be passed on to...

ENERGY: The political pressure to lower energy prices in the Bay State, home to the third-highest electricity costs in t...
01/16/2026

ENERGY: The political pressure to lower energy prices in the Bay State, home to the third-highest electricity costs in the country and rising gas bills, has intensified and will likely continue to escalate in an election year for both Healey and the Legislature.

The political pressure to lower energy prices in the Bay State, home to the third-highest electricity costs in the country and rising gas bills, has intensified and will likely continue to escalate...

NEW: Next up on Beacon Hill: House leaders plan closed-door meetings on Healey’s energy affordability bill
01/16/2026

NEW: Next up on Beacon Hill: House leaders plan closed-door meetings on Healey’s energy affordability bill

The political pressure to lower energy prices in the Bay State, home to the third-highest electricity costs in the country and rising gas bills, has intensified and will likely continue to escalate...

OPINION: The state can accelerate the move away from natural gas with one move
01/16/2026

OPINION: The state can accelerate the move away from natural gas with one move

The Department of Public Utilities faces a choice: proactively lead the next transition, as it did before, or let gas utilities trap customers in a failing system.

ICYMI: Massachusetts set out to modernize its unemployment insurance system. Then it hit a new low.
01/16/2026

ICYMI: Massachusetts set out to modernize its unemployment insurance system. Then it hit a new low.

Massachusetts was the slowest state in issuing initial unemployment payments in the country between June and October.

COURTS: The company claims that the order "will lead to immediate and irreparable harm to the project, and to the commun...
01/16/2026

COURTS: The company claims that the order "will lead to immediate and irreparable harm to the project, and to the communities who will benefit from this critical source of new power for the New England region."

The company claims that the order "will lead to immediate and irreparable harm to the project, and to the communities who will benefit from this critical source of new power for the New England region."

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:1. Massachusetts set out to modernize its unemploy...
01/16/2026

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:

1. Massachusetts set out to modernize its unemployment insurance system. Then it hit a new low.

Massachusetts was the slowest state in issuing initial unemployment payments in the country between June and October.

ECONOMY: Supporters of real estate transfer fees, a long-bubbling idea on Beacon Hill that would impose a surcharge on p...
01/16/2026

ECONOMY: Supporters of real estate transfer fees, a long-bubbling idea on Beacon Hill that would impose a surcharge on property sales to generate affordable housing funding, are vowing to make another push for transfer fees in the coming final year of the two-year legislative session.

Supporters of real estate transfer fees, a long-bubbling idea on Beacon Hill that would impose a surcharge on property sales to generate affordable housing funding, are vowing to make another push for...

NEW: Vineyard Wind joins in as second project wins court relief
01/15/2026

NEW: Vineyard Wind joins in as second project wins court relief

The company claims that the order "will lead to immediate and irreparable harm to the project, and to the communities who will benefit from this critical source of new power for the New England region."

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