Published August 4, 2010

A bill to regulate wind farm siting might not be dead yet. (Storm Crypt/Flickr)

It’s hard to blog about anything other than Shaq, but…

The Beacon Hill blitz continues, with Gov. Deval Patrick signing and slashing bills left and right. This afternoon, Patrick will sign the electoral college bill that riled up so many Hubbub readers.

And a bill that might have garnered a lot more attention — if it weren’t for the gambling stalemate — might not be dead yet. A measure to regulate wind-farm projects in Massachusetts won both House and Senate approval but did not reach the governor’s desk, due to a last-minute procedural problem. (There is a lot of mistaken reporting about this bill. If you want to learn more about the confusion, see the comment thread in my “dead legislation” post.)

In a conversation Monday with WBUR, State House reporter Jim O’Sullivan said the wind-farm bill is likely to be taken up again in an informal session this week.