Politics
Neighbors remaining ‘vigilant’ on next move
A controversial proposal to convert a three-decker at 96 Milton Ave. into a 24-unit lodging house was withdrawn before a scheduled Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Tuesday. The project architect told community... Read more
To the editor: After 382 years and the collaborative effort and support of students, parents, civic and community leaders, public officials, educators and district administration, Boston Latin School recently named its first ever black administrator,... Read more
This week’s latest assault on the senses emerges from— where else?— the nation’s capital, this time in the form of Attorney General Jeff “Beauregard” Sessions. The nation’s top law enforcement officer on Monday warned that the US Department of Justice... Read more
Ten candidates to date; ex-Rep Henriquez eyes return to electoral precincts
The race to fill the City Council seat being vacated by Tito Jackson as he pursues the mayoral chair grows more packed by the day, with ten prospects already in the field,... Read more
Feds threats called ‘fear-monering’
In response to the top national law enforcement official vowing to hold back funds from cities that flout federal immigration law, the Massachusetts attorney general accused U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions of fear-... Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to join Sen. Bernie Sanders Friday night at a rally in downtown Boston.
According to the Washington D.C.-based Our Revolution, the senators plan to discuss "economic justice and resisting the Trump agenda."
Sanders is... Read more
Local commercial groups and some of Boston’s most vulnerable populations would be hit hardest by President Trump’s proposed budget, Mayor Martin Walsh said at a press conference last week. His words were echoed by community leaders who asserted that their... Read more
Some 165 people showed up at the IBEW union hall last Wednesday evening for an open house look at the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s PLAN: Glover’s Corner study. As attendees milled around the hall, they placed post-it notes on three... Read more
On a drizzly Tuesday morning, four members of Dorchester’s State House delegation and a couple of transportation officials gathered under an overhang on the Four Corners/Geneva Avenue platform as a hulking commuter-rail train pulled into the station, then... Read more
The Boston city council is choosing to further study a “just cause” eviction ordinance proposed by Mayor Martin Walsh in order to incorporate feedback from an extended meeting and community input.
The “Jim Brooks Stabilization Act,” named after the late... Read more
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