The tricky calculus of designing a ballot with nine questions
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon MARIJUANA CHALLENGE, AGAIN: Don’t call it nine ballot questions just yet. At the eleventh hour, a cannabis advocacy group leader filed a new legal challenge alleging problems with signatures collected by the campaign seeking to repeal recreational marijuana legalization. Chris Lisinski details the complaint. FOSSIL FUELS: For an illustration of how tricky it is to achieve a transition away from natural gas, look no further than the 10 cities and towns running a “fossil fuel free” pilot program: Utilities still spent $100 million on natural gas infrastructure in those communities despite local bans on fossil fuels in new construction. Jordan Wolman dives into the expenses, largely to fix leaky pipes, and what they reveal about the complexities of the current climate moment. NO NOTES: Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a $63.4 billion annual state budget without making a single change – neither a veto nor a polic...