Governor considers tightening cash aid requirements 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, reporter Chris Lisinski dives into Governor Maura Healey’s proposal to tighten eligibility requirements for social safety net programs by bringing back asset limits for emergency cash aid. Such limitations, which advocates say could “harm the most vulnerable clients,” would require recipients to not only prove they have limited income, but also own nothing of significant financial value. Plus: reluctant MBTA communities start to move toward zoning compliance after a suit from the state, a real estate-backed coalition sues to remove a rent control initiative from November’s ballot, the Bay State falls short of climate commitments following a year of Trump challenges to green energy goals, and funding for environmental programs like state parks get trimmed i...