AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoSchools and Screens: Massachusetts is offering $1.75 million in grants for schools to teach healthy social media use, as Boston Public Schools considers a bell-to-bell ban on students’ personal devices next year. Nursing Home Oversight: State regulators approved stronger licensing rules after a Globe investigation found owners with poor care records had won approval; the state is also moving to revoke RegalCare nursing home licenses. Energy Bills: Healey announced new winter utility-bill relief for families and urged transmission companies to return $1.5 billion owed to customers. Boston Transit: At a Grove Hall hearing, residents and councilors challenged the city’s $163 million Blue Hill Avenue bus-lane plan and pressed for an Orange Line extension. Chelsea Storage: Flatiron Energy secured about $850 million to build a 1,200-megawatt-hour battery facility expected to open in 2027, adding capacity to the Boston grid.
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