SJC: MBTA Communities Act is legal, but ‘presently unenforceable’
The state will file regulations by Friday "consistent with the court's decision" after the SJC called the current guidelines ineffective.
Nassau GOP wants to remove judge in fight over legislative map
The Republican-dominated county government is defending the map drawn in 2023 against a lawsuit supported by Democrats that ...
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State's high court upholds controversial MBTA law, but says guidelines need work
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that the state's MBTA Communities Act, which has sparked controversy ...
Massachusetts highest court has ruled in favor of multifamily housing law. What was said
The state Attorney General and the town of Milton have emerged partially victorious in a ruling from the state's highest ...
The House GOP’s first bill of 2025 could enable a Ken Paxton power grab
New legislation would hand state attorneys general veto power over large swaths of federal immigration policy.
Motor yacht still stuck on St. Croix River island may inspire new state law
The city of Hudson has been lobbying Wisconsin state officials in hopes of seeing a law passed that would make boat abandonment a criminal offense, the fallout of the ongoing saga of the 54’ Bluewater ...
Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years days before term ends
Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he ...
Read the full high court ruling on state lawsuit against Milton over housing law
The SJC that Attorney General Andrea Campbell can sue cities and towns to comply with the MBTA Communities Act but that the ...
State can force towns to allow more housing, court rules — but there’s a catch
The state's highest court mostly sided with the state about a controversial housing law affecting communities, but with an ...
MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, Massachusetts SJC rules, but current guidelines are unenforceable
The controversial​ MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, the high court ruled, but changes to housing guidelines are needed.