Will rent control make a comeback?

Plus, traffic is back this Thanksgiving. Here's what to know [Donate ❤️]( [View in Browser](  November 22, 2021 Showers this morning; clouds and wind continue for the day. Highs near 50. Good Morning Boston, I'm filling in for Meagan, who is taking a couple of well-deserved days off. Here's what you need to know today: - Today, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to sign an ordinance banning the investment of public money in the fossil fuel industry. The ban also applies to companies that get more than 15% of their revenue from prisons or tobacco products. It will be the first measure Wu signs into law as mayor. - The Curley K-8 School in Jamaica Plain reopens for in-person learning today after closing on Nov. 10 due to a COVID outbreak. Officials with Boston Public Schools say the campus was sanitized while the school was closed. - The bike lanes on the Mass. Ave. Bridge between Boston and Cambridge will be a bit wider thanks to a pilot program running through the winter. Cyclists will have a protected bike lane, and drivers will have only one lane in each direction instead of two. - Maine officials hold a hearing today to discuss the future of a project that would bring hydroelectric energy from Canada into New England. Construction of the 145-mile transmission project was stopped after Maine voters [rejected the plan]( earlier this month. It would have brought enough power into New England to power 1 million homes. - The Worcester Police Department is getting $250,000 from the state to implement the use of police body cameras. Worcester's police chief says the city hopes to start using the cameras next year. P.S. Thanksgiving may still be a few days away, but holiday travel has already begun. State officials expect roads, train stations and airports to be nearly as busy as before the pandemic. Here's [what you need to know]( if you'll be traveling this year. Amy Gorel Digital producer [Follow](  Support the news  The Rundown [Somerville and Boston want rent control, but Beacon Hill could get in the way]( Several communities in the area, including Cambridge, Brookline and Boston, enacted rent control around the 1970s. But landlords put a statewide ban on the ballot in 1994, and even though voters in places that had rent control opted to keep it, the measure passed 51 to 49. [Read more.]( [Somerville and Boston want rent control, but Beacon Hill could get in the way]( Several communities in the area, including Cambridge, Brookline and Boston, enacted rent control around the 1970s. But landlords put a statewide ban on the ballot in 1994, and even though voters in places that had rent control opted to keep it, the measure passed 51 to 49. [Read more.]( [The special court session created to help address Boston's tent encampment has ended]( From the outset, the court session inside the Suffolk County jail was criticized for issues such as the lack of medical services for people in custody. [Read more.]( [The special court session created to help address Boston's tent encampment has ended]( From the outset, the court session inside the Suffolk County jail was criticized for issues such as the lack of medical services for people in custody. [Read more.]( [5 people are dead and 40 injured after a driver speeds through a Wisconsin parade]( Children were among those struck by the car and at least five people are dead after an SUV drove through crowds at the 58th Annual Holiday Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. [Read more.]( [5 people are dead and 40 injured after a driver speeds through a Wisconsin parade]( Children were among those struck by the car and at least five people are dead after an SUV drove through crowds at the 58th Annual Holiday Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. [Read more.]( [Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that means]( The Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state initiative to cut carbon emissions in the transportation sector. [Read more.]( [Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that means]( The Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state initiative to cut carbon emissions in the transportation sector. [Read more.]( [Welcoming family into your home for Thanksgiving? Here's how to keep COVID out]( Intergenerational indoor gatherings, a.k.a, Thanksgiving dinner, still pose a COVID risk to older adults and the immunocompromised. Here's how to keep everyone safe. [Read more.]( [Welcoming family into your home for Thanksgiving? Here's how to keep COVID out]( Intergenerational indoor gatherings, a.k.a, Thanksgiving dinner, still pose a COVID risk to older adults and the immunocompromised. Here's how to keep everyone safe. [Read more.]( Anything Else? - A new [study]( found teens in the U.S. spent about eight hours a day on screens, not counting schoolwork, at the height of the pandemic. - A [documentary]( now streaming on PBS, tells the history of revolutionary Boston radio station WBCN. - Mark your calendars: various [productions]( of "The Nutcracker" are coming to Boston's stages. What We're Reading 📚 - I Made the World’s Blandest Facebook Profile, Just to See What Happens ([The Atlantic]( - Why Giannis Antetokounmpo Chose the Path of Most Resistance ([GQ]( - ‘We’ve had the Kardashians visit’: Nantucket unfazed ahead of President Biden’s vacation on the island ([The Boston Globe]( Tell Me Something Good [A texting mix-up sparked a Thanksgiving dinner tradition that continues this year]( The tradition began when Wanda Dench texted Jamal Hinton about coming over for Thanksgiving, thinking it was her grandson. Their shared dinners have brought joy to the internet ever since. [Read more.]( [A texting mix-up sparked a Thanksgiving dinner tradition that continues this year]( The tradition began when Wanda Dench texted Jamal Hinton about coming over for Thanksgiving, thinking it was her grandson. Their shared dinners have brought joy to the internet ever since. [Read more.]( Before you go: Help this cat out, [she's just trying to quit.]( 😎 Forward to a friend. 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