The next Quabbin fight is already here
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon ELECTIONS: As November’s general election approaches, Gateway Cities are grappling with how to improve voter turnout rates that have remained stubbornly lower than the state average, Hallie Claflin reports. GAS TAX: Gov. Maura Healey is calling on legislative Democrats to suspend the state’s 24-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax for two months — a move that House Speaker Ron Mariano has already said he doesn’t support. Sam Drysdale at State House News Service has details. OPINION: Adopting all-party primaries — as proposed by Question 3 on the November ballot — would boost competition in Massachusetts elections, something that the state desperately needs in order to fuel a more responsive state government, writes Tanisha Sullivan, president of the NAACP New England Area Conference. The next Quabbin fight is already here September 24, 2026 By jordan wolman The temperature is continuing to climb in the growing feud between the state’s ...