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The valuable piece of state-owned land on D and E Streets in South Boston, which was taken by eminent domain, has been wrapped up in scandal for over a year, starting last February when South Boston electeds stepped in to stop the authority from moving forward with development under "false pretenses."
In a disclosure that hinted that further transactions, state health care officials received notifications Tuesday in connection with the proposed sale of Stewardship Health Inc. and the contracting Steward Health Care Network to OptumCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.
The attorney general's lawsuit seeking to force Milton to comply with the 2021 law meant to spur badly-needed housing production across Greater Boston will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court this fall.
Senate Democrats plan to vote Thursday on a bill that would create new limits on how long families can stay in the emergency shelter system and allow the deployment of more than $800 million in state savings toward the crisis.
Escalating her administration's response to a potential health care crisis, Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday suggested Steward Health Care transfer its Massachusetts hospitals to new operators "as soon as possible" and demanded long-sought financial information about the for-profit system in the next few days.