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As rent control campaign talks compromise, some tenant organizers feel “blindsided”
To avoid a grueling fight before November, the campaign for rent stabilization has worked on compromise legislation with developers and other opponents of the ballot initiative. Some tenant organizers see it as a betrayal.
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“Dark money” group takes aim at Longmeadow municipal fiber vote
Advocates for the creation of a new public utility hope their message can be heard above a well-funded campaign against the network buildout.
“Peecycling” program plans Franklin County launch
Massachusetts urinators may soon divert their excess nutrients away from waterways, where they can act as pollutants, to fertilize local farms, instead.
Ceasefire and Divest, or Cease and Desist? Lawsuit seeks to undo Northampton’s Israel-divestment resolution
Two legal advocacy groups are suing to block the city from divesting from “entities complicit in human rights violations in Israel and Palestine.” Divestment activists say the effort is an attempt to chill free speech.
Editorial: Heading to Boston for Local News Day
The Shoestring and allied publications visited state lawmakers yesterday to promote legislative solutions to the crisis in local news.
Massachusetts’ AI program is more than meets the eye
The Shoestring found that the state has been testing at least 40 government use cases for AI, though it remains tight-lipped about most of them.
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