After passage of the "grand bargain" deal this week, Mike Norton looks at the initiative petition playbook in Massachusetts; Andy Metzger has a glimpse of the future with some potential projects down the road at the MBTA; Colin Young revisits an eminent domain Supreme Court ruling and how it could affect property in Massachusetts today; and Katie Lannan previews the upcoming Sen. Karen Spilka presidency.

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