Description: CommonWealth Beacon is the trusted source for indepth news analysis and original reporting on policy politics and civic life in MassachusettsWe are nonprofit nonpartisan and make our work available for free to all with no paywallCommonWealth Beacons mission is to contribute to a more inclusive and vibrant civic culture that makes our government more responsive and effective by providing rigorous coverage of important issues affecting life in MassachusettsCommonWealth Beacon is published by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth or MassINC a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting economic inclusion and civic vitality through the provision of unbiased research and journalism and respectful civic dialogue MassINC conducts policy related research convenes conversations conducts public opinion surveys through a forprofit polling subsidiary and publishes CommonWealth Beacon