COMMONWEALTH BEACON: Unpacking the governor’s state budget proposal
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon ENERGY: A sustained cold snap is driving up energy usage in Massachusetts, threatening to blunt the utility bill savings Gov. Maura Healey targeted with state investment. Jordan Wolman has more. RALLY: Thousands of people rallied outside the State House to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the agency's aggressive action in Minnesota, including fatal shootings of two people. Jane Petersen reports from a chilly scene on Beacon Hill. OPINION: Luc Schuster, executive director of Boston Indicators, argues that the controversial 2021 MBTA Communities Act “pushed the bounds of what was politically feasible five years ago,” but that policymakers need to do far more to solve the state’s housing shortage and drive opportunities for true transit-oriented development. Unpacking the governor’s...