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Rent control splits progressives and four more stories

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  ADVERTISEMENT The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from  CommonWealth Beacon  that you may have missed.  This week, Chris Lisinski and Jennifer Smith delve into the  politics  of the divisive rent control ballot question splitting progressive supporters. Plus: the House  presses pause  on its contentious energy policy bill, 11 ballot campaigns  move ahead , new  documents  reveal state agencies never followed a 2017 rule to cut emissions, and Chris Lisinski  breaks down  how lawmakers concluded their final formal sessions for the year. Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading. — The  CommonWealth Beacon  team     ‘They’re making a huge bet’: Rent control referendum splits progressives By  Chris Lisinski  and  Jennifer Smith If a campaign to instate rent control across the Commonwealth makes it to the ballot, voters...