The Download: Massachusetts EV charging plans continue to take hit
New from CommonWealth Beacon MUST READ! IT'S NOT TIME TO STEP BACK! TOGETHER WE CAN REDUCE ENERGY COSTS! CLIMATE: A major bill that would weaken the state’s 2030 climate mandates is officially on the move in the House after seven House Democrats on the energy committee voted to advance it. It’s a sign of the political muscle being exerted on Beacon Hill to soften the state’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and is throwing Gov. Maura Healey’s energy affordability legislation into disarray. Jordan Wolman has more. CHECKUP: Massachusetts’s long-running health care challenges are only set to grow more dire due to federal cuts and changes to Medicaid eligibility, Chris Lisinski reports. HOSPITAL: State officials voted to approve the sale of a Leicester hospital and nursing home to an out-of-state, for-profit regional health care operator. Sam Drysdale at the State House News Service has the det...