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📈 POPULAR NOW - Boston looks to go on offense on energy affordability https://buff.ly/IyTo7RB - Lawmaker representing Randolph seeks to loosen Gateway City eligibility criteria https://buff.ly/rI9zIsp - Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill.
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STATE GOVERNMENT: Census counts and income thresholds haven’t stopped state Sen. Bill Driscoll, who represents the town of Randolph, from trying to secure its Gateway City status. He has introduced legislation that would revise the eligibility criteria of a Gateway – something previously attempted but never done successfully on Beacon Hill since the Legislature codified the designation in 2009.
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ENVIRONMENT: Across Massachusetts, more than 300 communities – including Boston – aren’t reaping the benefits of the FEMA program, known as Community Rating System. It’s led to residents in some municipalities collectively paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in flood insurance costs that could have been avoided.