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Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The MMA today published the Summer 2025 issue of The Beacon, which features coverage of the latest news affecting local government on topics including legislative and fiscal issues, grant opportunities, and recent and upcoming MMA meetings and webinars.
Here are some highlights:
• Healey signs surplus surtax bill with investments for cities, towns
• Committee’s transportation bond bill has $300M for Ch. 90
• Amid fiscal concerns, Gov. Healey signs FY26 state budget
• Gov. Healey’s FY26 supplemental budget seeks expanded 9C authority
• Connect 351 planning underway at MMA
• Gov. Healey files $2.9B, 5-year environmental bond bill
• House passes Cannabis Control Commission reform bill
• Housing and Livable Communities holds office hours to discuss ADUs
• Federal court blocks immigration enforcement conditions on transportation funding
• Multistate lawsuit challenges federal termination of grant funding to states
• AGs issue guidance affirming legality of environmental justice initiatives
• Link to the Summer 2025 issue of The Beacon (40 pages)
Timely and reliable information is essential to municipal leaders, and the facts are changing quickly. With this in mind, the MMA publishes The Beacon digitally to ensure that we get the very latest information to members as quickly as possible.