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SJC Strikes Down Massachusetts Rent Control Ballot Question

Massachusetts voters will not decide a statewide rent control proposal in November after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled the ballot question is unconstitutional because it exempts housing operated for religious purposes.

SJC Strikes Down Massachusetts Rent Control Ballot Question
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Massachusetts voters will not decide a statewide rent control proposal in November after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled the ballot question is unconstitutional because it exempts housing operated for religious purposes.