Rent control splits progressives and four more stories
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...