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SJC weighs exemption of religious units in challenge to rent control measure
Supreme Judicial Court justices on May 6 pitched questions at attorneys on either side of a challenge to an initiative petition that would cap annual rent increases statewide at 5 percent or the Consumer Price index, whichever is lower.
Healey’s mind made up on rent control: ‘I’m a no’
Gov. Maura T. Healey is taking a victory lap for helping get rid of renter-paid broker's fees, but the governor is against a potential 2026 ballot question that would put a hard cap on annual rent increases.
Ballot question volume creating unease among top officials
Top Beacon Hill Democrats raised concerns on Nov. 24 about special interest groups that are pushing potential voter referendums to bypass the traditional legislative process, and criticized a popular initiative petition to bring back rent control.
Record number of measures remain in play for 2026 ballot
Proposals to slash the state income tax, reverse a decades-old ban on rent control, and force the Legislature and governor to open their records took another step toward the 2026 ballot on Sept. 3.
Beacon Hill, rent control ban targeted in flurry of ballot questions
Activists file major ballot petitions in Massachusetts on rent control, tax cuts, transparency, abortion, union rights, and election law reform.
Ballot bid to limit rent hikes could circumvent Legislature
A coalition of housing groups plans to file an initiative petition that would let Bay Staters vote next year on a proposed law to limit rent increases.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
