‘They're making a huge bet’: Rent control referendum splits progressives
New from CommonWealth Beacon POWER PUNT: The House this week will not take up a contentious energy policy bill that would weaken the state’s 2030 climate mandate, punting a major debate until after the Legislature’s extended holiday break that begins Thursday. Jordan Wolman and Chris Lisinski have more. ANTI-VIOLENCE: House lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require health care employers to adopt comprehensive violence-prevention systems and create new criminal and privacy protections for health care workers. Sam Drysdale of the State House News Service has the details. OPINION: Elizabeth Englander, executive director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University, says it’s time for helicopter parents to let go and for the state to impose a “bell-to-bell” ban on cellphones in Massachusetts schools. ‘They're making a huge bet’: Rent control referendum splits ...