Some personal news, as they say:

Today was my first day as a breaking news reporter masslivenews! I’m so excited to get back to chasing down breaking news stories and to join an incredible team to do so.

I will miss my colleagues The Daily Item - and Saugus - dearly.

“It’s an invasion.” In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance is mounting against state housing law after Milton vote, writes Andrew Brinker…bostonglobe.com/2024/03/03/bus…

It's the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. the Town of Milton in what's shaping up as a key test of the state's ambitious new housing law, and the long-held tradition of local control over zoning. Andrew Brinker with a doozy on the day's news... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/27/bus…

Facing an insurgent opposition to the state’s new housing law, Governor Maura Healey’s administration came down Wednesday on Milton, trying to head off broader momentum sparked by the town’s recent rejection of a controversial housing plan. trib.al/BE0MTMi

After Milton vote, a big question: What now? Andrew Brinker on what happens next in Milton, and other towns that are watching what unfolds there... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/15/bus…

Milton election results: See how each precinct voted bostonglobe.com/2024/02/15/bus… via The Boston Globe

Four maps that show where, how - and by whom - Milton's housing plan was defeated on Wednesday... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/15/bus…

In a blow to Gov. Healey's housing push, Milton voters today overturned their town's state-mandated MBTA Communities zoning plan, writes Andrew Brinker... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/14/met…

Breaking: Milton voters rejected a state-mandated housing plan, potentially setting up a high-stakes legal battle that could reverberate across Eastern Massachusetts. Unofficial vote margin was 54-46.

The polls close in 20 minutes in Milton, where turnout has been strong in a referendum on the town's state-mandated zoning plan and results could reverberate across Eastern Mass... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/14/met…

A vote happening in Milton today is bigger than the town.

Residents will give their verdict on a plan that would allow more apartments in town. But regardless of which side they choose, the vote will reverberate throughout Eastern Massachusetts.

Let's break it down. 🧵

Is a motel room affordable housing?

This city is arguing yes, as part of an effort to use the migrant crisis to stop a Chapter 40B development
commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/is-a-m…

Wrote one for the housing policy nerds (compliment) out there:

Brookline legalized accessory dwelling units in 2019. So why hasn’t a single one been built?

brookline.news/brookline-lega…

In Milton, the vote will go on. Tomorrow. Here's what to know about Wednesday's referendum on the controversial housing plan roiling one Boston 'burb. via Andrew Brinker... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/13/bus…

More tension in Milton: Contentious referendum vote on the town's state-mandated housing plan is now delayed until Wednesday because of the coming Nor'easter. Organizers are worried this could influence the outcome of the vote.

Details here:

bostonglobe.com/2024/02/12/bus…

More drama in Milton: With snow coming on Tuesday, Town Select Board asks judge to delay key housing vote. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/12/bus… via Andrew Brinker

It all comes down to this. Milton is 'so divided' ahead of Tuesday's vote on the town's new state-mandated plan to add more, denser housing, writes Mark Arsenault & Andrew Brinker... bostonglobe.com/2024/02/10/bus…

A good read from Amy Dain, explaining why those MBTA Communities 'unit capacity' numbers do not actually represent the amount of housing that might be built in a given city or town under new zoning.

mbtacommunities.bostonindicators.org/meaningful-or-…

It's an open secret that some local leaders, particularly in wealthy suburbs, avoid housing reform because of the volatile politics surrounding it. A Newton city councilor tried it anyway, and lost her job.

bostonglobe.com/2024/02/08/bus…

A longtime Newton City Councilor led the push to rewrite zoning to meet the state's new MBTA Communities Act. Next, writes Andrew Brinker, she got voted out of office...
bostonglobe.com/2024/02/08/bus…