AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoElection Stakes: Massachusetts voters will decide nine ballot questions next week. Question 7 could limit local zoning rules and make it easier to create housing lots, including on Nantucket, though its full effects remain unclear. Question 4 asks whether to allow same-day voter registration. Federal poll monitors are expected in Boston and Lowell. Transit: The MBTA’s Green Line will face Halloween-weekend closures on several branches, with shuttle buses and some free bus and commuter rail service planned. Separately, Providence-bound riders endured hours of delays Tuesday after a train broke down at Ruggles. Boston Businesses: Mayor Michelle Wu is proposing changes to ease the process of opening restaurants in the city. Public Safety: Massachusetts State Police are making academy changes following a fatal training exercise. Brain Health: A Boston-led study estimates that about 75% of former NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023 had CTE, though researchers caution that brain changes do not necessarily mean a person had symptoms.
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