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PLAs raise Massachusetts public construction costs — an average 16.2% cost premium, adding an estimated $3.695 billion across 166 MassDOT and MBTA projects.
An Enbridge-led expansion of the Algonquin pipeline could save Massachusetts ratepayers an estimated $230 million per winter — roughly $95 for a typical gas-heated household.
What Vermont voters are not being told about Proposal 3 — the November ballot measure that would constitutionalize compulsory unionism and foreclose Right to Work.
A statewide poll of 600 Vermont voters finds 61% say their income is not keeping pace with housing and taxes — and support for Proposal 3 collapses once tax impacts are raised.
Fossil fuels supplied 55.4% of New England’s internal generation in 2025 — against 54.6% in 2000, after 25 years of energy transition policy.
The Legislature writes broad statutes and hands the details to appointed boards and commissions — diffusing responsibility and accountability.
Federal data shows the state faces up to $300 million in annual SNAP penalties — roughly $90 per taxpaying household.
A 4.3-megawatt array in Petersham would cut roughly 980 tons of emissions while clear-cutting 14 acres of forest.
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On August 3, talking about public policy in Massachusetts could become a legal guessing game for nonprofit organizations — because a state agency changed how it reads the law without telling anyone.
PLAs raise Massachusetts public construction costs — an average 16.2% cost premium, adding an estimated $3.695 billion across 166 MassDOT and MBTA projects.
An Enbridge-led expansion of the Algonquin pipeline could save Massachusetts ratepayers an estimated $230 million per winter — roughly $95 for a typical gas-heated household.
What Vermont voters are not being told about Proposal 3 — the November ballot measure that would constitutionalize compulsory unionism and foreclose Right to Work.
61% of Vermont voters say their income is not keeping pace with housing and taxes — a view that crosses party lines.
Short explainers, interviews, and the receipts — in the lawmakers' own words.
The companion to our Proposition 2½ and rent control studies, in five minutes.
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