Longshot here, but anyone know of a good municipal tax policy expert in the Boston area, ideally an academic, who could weigh in on a story?

There's a big local election coming up in Brookline and social media and email listservs are lighting up with posts making arguments one way or another and there is SO MUCH being written by AI.

I have no fully formed thesis about this but I will just say it Seems Potentially Really Bad.

There's a war on for your mind.

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The problem with suing a magazine that wrote that you drink excessively is that if you lose, now a judge or jury also said that you drink excessively

Owner of The Street opposes Brookline's planned development project over parking fears - Brookline.News From across Route 9, the Newton shopping center says that City Realty's project could cause its own parking to overflow.

It's always the parking.

The developer behind the The Street (Newton shopping center) is opposing zoning for a commercial development right across Route 9 in Brookline, over worries that parking minimum is too low and drivers will overflow into its own lots.

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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Two progressives and a Brookline Republican will try to unseat Auchincloss in 4th District race - Brookline.News Congressman Jake Auchincloss, whose district includes Brookline, has competition in this year's election.

Jake Auchincloss is a heavy favorite to win reelection in the MA 4th, but he's not without challengers, including two progressives and a Brookline Republican who is also a Bernie fan.

Shoutout to BU student reporter Nathan Metcalf for helping us cover this race!

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Sometimes you look up a Facebook troll you've been arguing with and you find their prior federal prison sentence for trying to sell corporate secrets from the company they worked for to the Israeli government.

Then maybe you just blink a couple times and move on with your day

School Committee race marked by controversy over candidate’s Town Meeting votes on LGBTQ+ resolutions - Brookline.News Aylit Schultz's decision last year not to vote in favor of two resolutions supporting the LGBTQ+ community has led to widespread criticism.

One candidate's past Town Meeting votes to abstain from LGBTQ+ resolutions take center stage in the Brookline School Committee election.

She's also been criticized for comments on the deaths of children in Gaza that she says were taken out of context.

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will go nonprofit after being acquired by The Baltimore Banner’s owner When the owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced earlier this year that the paper would shut down in May, it was widely noted that such a move would leave Pittsburgh as the largest city in …

New at Media Nation: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will go nonprofit after being acquired by The Baltimore Banner's owner. #journalism dankennedy.net/2026/04/14/t...

Across three Seders, what ‘freedom’ meant to Brookline this Passover - Brookline.News Seders at Center Communities of Brookline, Young Israel of Brookline and IfNotNow offered different approaches to celebrating Passover.

Our reporter visited three Passover seders last week in Brookline, at a senior living residence, an Orthodox temple, and with an activist group.

On display were different views, in this time of global conflict and local strife, about how to think about freedom.

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It’s getting ugly in Quincy: Fresh faces challenge mayor’s long-held grip over City Hall - The Boston Globe The changes have ignited a political firestorm, one that has pitted many longtime Quincy residents against newer arrivals.

This is a really nice piece of local political reporting about changes at Quincy City Hall from the Globe's great Brian MacQuarrie

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Chris Kamara misses red card on Soccer Saturday 😂 YouTube video by Soccer AM

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In all seriousness I'm pretty sure it has to do with being able to use the rest of the campaign funds or something

Nice reminder that both the golfers and the broadcasters are only human!

Meet the three candidates running for Select Board - Brookline.News John VanScoyoc, Anthony Buono and Amanda Zimmerman are running for two seats on the Select Board, Brookline's executive branch and highest elected office.

Three candidates are running for two seats on the Brookline Select Board, its executive body and highest elected office. Read more about John VanScoyoc, Anthony Buono and Amanda Zimmerman:

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The 2026 Brookline Override: An Interactive Discussion Hosted by Brookline.News and Brookline Interactive Group Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

Still have questions about the override? Join Brookline.News and Brookline Interactive Group for a live, online discussion next Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Learn more, register and send us questions:

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Help from the state legislature doesn't appear to be coming anytime soon for Brookline and other MA communities facing a budget squeeze because of Prop 2 1/2.

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Explainer: Answering your questions about Brookline's tax override - Brookline.News The basics of an override, the impact on your taxes, the state of Brookline's schools, and more.

We've also updated our in-depth explainer with information about the calculator and the tax impact on some typical properties.

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Here's how much your taxes will go up if the override passes - Brookline.News A new calculator posted by the town allows property owners in Brookline to take a closer look at the effects of the proposed tax override.

The town's calculator is out: Here's how much your taxes will go up next year if the override passes.

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Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

With interwoven story lines of the Artemis flight and Trump's increasingly insane threats against Iran feels like we're in a bizarro world West Wing today

What a beautiful moment.

#Artemis crew to Mission Control, after seeing and attempting to describe the eclipse: "And if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary tomorrow, that'll help my vocabulary out a bit. Thank you."

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override - Brookline.News VanScoyoc is the only elected official on the Select Board and School Committee not to endorse the override.

13 of the 14 elected officials on Brookline's Select Board and School Committee have endorsed the override on the ballot in May.

The one outlier explains his position to Brookline.News:

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Harvard Street is getting repaved this spring. Some advocates say the plan doesn't do enough for safety. - Brookline.News A plan to repave Harvard Street this spring has brought criticism from bike advocates who say the current plan does not go far enough to make the major corridor safer.  In a March 17 letter to the Bro...

A plan to repave Harvard Street this spring has brought criticism from bike advocates who say the current plan does not go far enough to make the major corridor safer.

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As Max notes, this is what everybody has worried that Bezos will do, but way worse than anything he has actually done

I personally would find it difficult to continue working as a journalist at the Sun after reading this.