Nine Questions About Kickback Indictment of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson

Nine Questions About Kickback Indictment of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson

Tania Fernandes Anderson, a Boston city councilor, has been indicted on federal charges that she took a kickback from a member of her staff who is a relative.

The indictment, made public Friday, says Fernandes Anderson demanded that the unnamed person pay her $7,000 in cash out of a fraudulent $13,000 bonus the city councilor had the city government pay the employee, described in the indictment as "Staff Member A."

Massachusetts Attorney General Rejects Shutesbury Bylaw That Sought To Limit Battery Energy Storage Systems
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Massachusetts Attorney General Rejects Shutesbury Bylaw That Sought To Limit Battery Energy Storage Systems

Tom Joyce

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has rejected a Shutesbury general bylaw on large-scale battery energy storage systems, citing overreach in regulating renewable energy and zoning matters.

However, a revised zoning bylaw in the nearby town of Hadley allowing standalone energy storage systems received near-complete approval, as The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.

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