Politics
Back from California where he helped make the pitch for Boston to host the 2024 summer Olympics, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on Wednesday said proponents put on a "strong performance" but added that bringing the games to the Bay State is not his top... Read more
Mayor Walsh and UMass Boston Chancellor Keith Motley signed an agreement last Friday that will continue the university’s new Mayor’s Policy Symposium into future years. That same day, the inaugural class briefed the mayor on its ideas for revitalizing the... Read more
Two buildings in Mattapan undergoing renovation this month are in the spotlight as the city continues to scramble to find space to house homeless people who were displaced by the abrupt closure of shelter facilities on Long Island in October when Mayor... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 16, 2014.....Governor-elect Charlie Baker on Tuesday expressed enthusiasm about the possibility of the Olympics coming to Massachusetts as backers of a Boston bid for the 2024 summer games prepared to make their case in... Read more
Vote is 5-4; dissenter questions quorum count
A breakthrough in the decades-long impasse over the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers’ exclusion of gay and lesbian marchers appears to have been reached on Monday night after a petition by the... Read more
Annissa Essaibi-GeorgeHours after the votes in a losing effort were counted in November 2013, Annissa Essaibi George knew she’d be back on the ballot.
George, a Dorchester native through and through, made her political debut last year in a bid for one of... Read more
The road to securing a pardon is a steep climb for ex-convicts in Massachusetts. In the first seven years of Governor Deval Patrick’s tenure, only five pardons— out of a total of 326 requests— made it past the the Advisory Board of Pardons, an arm of the... Read more
Mark Wahlberg’s petition seeking a pardon for his 1988 conviction for a violent robbery and assault on Dorchester Avenue has triggered a sharp backlash since it was first reported by New England Cable News last Thursday.
The 43-year-old actor and... Read more
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday announced that he had installed new Licensing Board members in an overhaul of the body that regulates alcohol, food, and hotels within city limits.
The new members are Hyde Park attorney Christine Pulgini, Lisa Maki,... Read more
Proudly Asian and Republican: The author Nam Pham, center, with Gov.-elect Charlie Baker, right and Leverett Wing.More than one friend of mine has asked me why an Asian American working for a nonprofit that helps disadvantaged people is a Republican. How... Read more
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