WCVB Channel 5 Boston14d
Safety grants at risk for communities that don't comply with MBTA housing law, Mass. fire officials say
THAT’S BECAUSE HAMILTON IS ONE OF ABOUT 30 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MISSED DEADLINES TO COMPLY WITH THE MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT. THAT’S THE NEW LAW THAT REQUIRES COMMUNITIES ON OR NEAR MBTA LINES TO ...
Washington Examiner14d
Ted Budd calls on Trump to enact ‘desperately’ needed changes to FEMA
Budd said FEMA needs to communicate properly in its treatment of Hurricane Helene victims, citing how the agency was planning to “kick people out” of hotels shortly after a snowstorm before ...
Yahoo News16d
MBTA towns not following controversial housing law get another 6 months, but must act fast
The MBTA Communities Law requires all cities and towns that voted to join the MBTA to have an overlay district where multi-family housing is allowed by right; depending on the community, the size of ...
WBUR16d
Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...
Boston.com17d
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 state’s highest court found the controversial zoning law constitutional, but “unenforceable.” ...
Yahoo19d
MA high court upholds MBTA state housing density law
two steps that "HLC has admitted that it failed to take," Budd wrote in the court's decision. Campbell argued that the APA should not apply because the MBTA Communities Act called for "guidelines ...
Boston.com21d
SJC: MBTA Communities Act is legal, but ‘presently unenforceable’
The state’s highest court ruled that the controversial MBTA Communities Act can be legally ... Chief Justice Kimberly Budd wrote. However, the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Liveable ...
Telegram22d
MBTA housing law is constitutional, state's highest court finds. But there's a catch
two steps that "HLC has admitted that it failed to take," Budd wrote in the court's decision. Campbell argued that the APA should not apply because the MBTA Communities Act called for "guidelines ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston27d
Service resumes on MBTA's Red Line after maintenance vehicle derails
Service resumed on a section of the MBTA's Red Line after a maintenance vehicle derailed early Friday.The MBTA said the "light duty maintenance vehicle," which supports workers doing system ...
MassLive27d
Boston man found with loaded gun, ammunition at MBTA station sentenced
A Boston man who was found with a loaded semi-automatic pistol and 45 rounds of ammunition at an MBTA station in 2020 was sentenced to time served Thursday after he pleaded guilty to several ...
Mass Transit29d
MA: The MBTA is slow zone free. How much faster are trains running?
To see the MBTA’s turnaround plain as day, look no further than the Red Line. A train on the MBTA Green Line speeds away from North Station. To see the MBTA’s turnaround plain as day ...