Massachusetts is staring down an uncertain future.
The state needs to add 222,000 new homes over the next decade to address a housing crunch that has driven prices skyward. In many local school districts, students are slow to regain ground lost to the COVID pandemic. At all levels of government, leaders face challenging financial decisions ahead.
And behind all of it, President Donald Trump’s return to office has brought Massachusetts and some of its cities increasingly into conflict with the federal government…