Taking stock of Massachusetts health care reform at 20
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon SOLAR SHOWDOWN : The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments in a case over the denial of a permit for a large solar power project by the rural Central Massachusetts town of Petersham. The solar company claims it’s covered by a state law that generally bars communities from blocking solar projects. Peterhsam says its goal is to stop the clear-cutting of trees from most of the 14-acre parcel in question. Jordan Wolman unpacks the story . Taking stock of Massachusetts health care reform at 20 April 9, 2026 By MICHAEL JONAS On April 12, 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney, surrounded by a sea of Democratic officeholders in historic Faneuil Hall, signed historic legislation that put Massachusetts on course to be the first state in the country to ensure health care coverage for nearly all residents....