Politics
The next election for Boston City Council is nearly a year away, but things are already heating up, with two challengers having filed papers with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance: Bryan Fuller of South Boston for an at-large seat, and Andrea... Read more
Even as residents from Dorchester to Readville celebrate the arrival of the first-ever weekend service on the enhanced Fairmount Line, a coalition of neighborhood groups is planning to launch a grassroots campaign aimed at pre-empting the large-scale... Read more
Heading into his final two years in office when Republicans will hold majorities in both houses of Congress, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a unilateral move to provide some surety for parents who are in the country illegally, earning praise... Read more
Thomas Perez, US Secretary of Labor, center, spoke with third-year sheet metal apprentices Sean Bettencourt, left, and James Dearden, right, as Rachel Kaprielian, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development listens during a Monday visit to... Read more
Mayor Walsh’s decision to veto a City Council plan to create a Commission on Black and Latino Men and Boys is an ill-timed and disappointing decision from the still-new administration. The city council should act to override the mayor’s veto.
The... Read more
The 16-acre New Boston Food Market on the South Boston-Dorchester line, a vital cog in Boston’s food supply chain, is once again in the crosshairs of powerful redevelopment forces, despite the fact that its current occupants insist that their properties... Read more
Decrying lackluster education around the state and calling on new leaders to do better, activists and students rallied in front of Faneuil Hall Thursday morning.
The rally was organized by Families for Excellent Schools, a group new to Massachusetts that... Read more
George DonnellyThey have been treated like 1950s children, left to play on their own, and sometimes squabbling among themselves with nobody paying much attention. Now, the most politically powerful person in Massachusetts will be one of theirs. And the... Read more
Mt. Vernon Street meeting on Nov. 5.: Residents and stakeholders got hands on in reviewing BRA plans for a re-design of Columbia Point's main drag. Photo by Eliza Dewey A city initiative to revamp Mount Vernon Street at Columbia Point is moving ahead,... Read more
The city of Boston is vetting a trio of proposals submitted by development teams to turn an old Uphams Corner manufacturing complex into a mix of housing and other uses. The former Maxwell Box Company at 65 East Cottage St. is one of several dormant sites... Read more
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