Free community college, $8B MBTA spending plan highlight Gov. Healey's State of the Commonwealth
In her second address of its kind, Governor Maura Healey touted the accomplishments of her administration and laid out a ...
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Massachusetts Releases Emergency Guidelines Concerning MBTA Communities Act Zoning
Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) issued emergency guidelines for the ...
MBTA towns not following controversial housing law get another 6 months, but must act fast
Three towns on the South Coast Rail route that don't have multi-family housing zones have more time to follow the law. But ...
What’s next for Needham after MBTA Communities vote?
Needham voters repealed a state-mandated MBTA Communities Act zoning plan Tuesday, but the town's not out of compliance just ...
State files new guidelines for MBTA zoning act after SJC calls law ‘unenforcable’
The state filed emergency regulations for the MBTA Communities Act on Tuesday after the SJC found the controversial law ...
Governor wants the millionaire's tax to pay for MBTA bills, Massachusetts road and bridge repairs
Gov. Healey is outlining how she wants to use millionaire's tax revenue for an $8 billion transportation funding plan.
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EOHLC Files Emergency Regulations to Implement the MBTA Communities Law
On January 8, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant decision in Attorney General v. Town of Milton, ...
Safety grants at risk for communities that don't comply with MBTA housing law, Mass. fire officials say
Massachusetts fire officials express concern over new grant rules linking fire safety funding to compliance with ...
The Lowell Sun1d
New MBTA zoning regs give noncompliant towns more time
The Healey administration filed emergency regulations late Tuesday afternoon to implement the controversial law meant to spur ...
MBTA Communities Act: Needham turns down controversial zoning plan
Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select ...
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Healey seeks $8B for MBTA, transportation projects
Gov. Maura Healey is touting a $8 billion borrowing plan to close the MBTA's budget gap and fix potholed roads and crumbling bridges across the state by tapping ...
Needham voters reject zoning plan that would've met MBTA housing law rules
A hotly debated issue in Needham is how much new housing to build under the state's MBTA Communities Act. The state's new law ...