MMA publishes June issue of The Beacon

The MMA today published the June 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:
• Senate’s FY26 budget would increase key local accounts
• Surplus surtax bills set stage for education and transportation spending
• Attorney General issues guidance relative to ICE activity
• MSA holds Rural and Western Massachusetts Conference
• EPA announces intent to weaken limits on certain PFAS
• New PFAS treatment evaluation framework available
• New dashboard shows direct federal funding cuts to Mass.
• DOER certifies inaugural group of 19 Climate Leader Communities
• Draft ResilientCoasts plan offers strategies for next 50 years
• Administration plans to close all remaining hotel shelters this summer
• MSA to hold free training for newly elected select board members

• Link to the June 2025 issue of The Beacon (41 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.

Click here to read previous online issues.