Critics and supporters of the ridesharing industry will have to wait until September for a public hearing on bills to regulate Uber, Lyft and other services, but the controversy that such services has generated will play out at the local level Tuesday in Braintree.
Massachusetts education officials are reviewing a wave of applications for new and expanded charter schools as activists mull a ballot question lifting a cap on charters that has already been reached in places like Fall River, Lawrence and Holyoke.
