Politics
Ed Brooke’s two terms of service as a US senator from Massachusetts (1967-1979) had a substantial impact on Dorchester in terms of housing.
He sponsored the Brooke Amendment that capped the rent public housing tenants had to pay at 25 percent of their... Read more
In response to strong opposition from local elected officials, the MBTA has turned down an offer from Boston Preparatory Charter School, a Hyde Park-based charter school, to buy a parcel adjacent to the Mattapan Station trolley stop currently used as a... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh is diving into the new year with a legislative agenda that is “all over the road,” he said, and made up of 55 proposals that will be sponsored by members of the Boston delegation when the new legislative session begins on Thursday.... Read more
Mayor Walsh fields questions at Mattapan meeting on Tuesday night: Photo by Lauren Dezenski
Mayor Martin Walsh stayed around at the Mildred Avenue Community Center Tuesday night to answer community members’ questions over a proposal to site treatment... Read more
Charlie Baker will ship up to Dorchester for his first Friday night as governor, thanking supporters with a special concert featuring the Dropkick Murphys at the Strand Theater in Uphams Corner, his office confirmed Tuesday.
Baker and Lieutenant Gov.... Read more
Insisting the city of Boston should be considered a host community for the planned casino in neighboring Everett, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday filed a lawsuit against the state Gaming Commission with the goal of allowing Charlestown residents to... Read more
Portrait of Gov. Deval PatrickGov. Deval Patrick faced a beaming crowd and an insurgent group of young protestors late Sunday afternoon as one of his enduring gifts to the state, his portrait, was unveiled at the bottom of the Grand Staircase.
Simmie Knox... Read more
Attorney General-elect Maura Healey intends to make combating opiate addiction her first order of business, laying the groundwork before she takes office for a task force to help bolster state efforts to reduce heroin and prescription drug abuse.
Healey's... Read more
Nam Pham (center) with Gov.-elect Charlie BakerCome inauguration day, longtime VietAID executive director and Fields Corner mainstay Nam Pham will leave his post at VietAID for a role in the Baker administration.
Pham will serve as the assistant secretary... Read more
For Dot’s political junkies looking for a fix, 2014 was not a year to disappoint. Starting with a Dorchester native’s inauguration at Boston College in January and moving along with a series of special, primary, and general elections and the fight to... Read more
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