Politics
A week before voters are scheduled to head to the polls to select their next District 7 city councillor, the top two candidates faced off on term limits, a Wal-Mart coming to Boston, and the city’s snow removal efforts.
Voters will choose next Tuesday... Read more
Pres. Obama: President Obama spoke at TechBoston Academy on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Photo courtesy BPS
For Archana Ailawadhi, a college counselor at TechBoston Academy in Dorchester, it was all about the numbers when President Barack Obama stopped by the... Read more
Courtesy of the White House, here are President Obama's remarks earlier Tuesday at TechBoston Academy.
THE PRESIDENT: Hey! (Applause.) Hello, TechBoston! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody.... Read more
Here are today's top Massachusetts political headlines from MassterList:
Days away from prison, Wilkerson names ministers as FBI collaborators | Dorchester Reporter
State political party chairmen discuss Massachusetts’ future at Newton forum – -... Read more
Former Senator Dianne Wilkerson: Photo by Don WestNOTE:This article was updated on Wed. March 9, 2011, after the ministers and the head of the Urban League of Massachusetts responded to requests for comment in an afternoon email.
Former state Sen. Dianne... Read more
State House News Service reports that Stacey Monahan, a Dorchester resident, is stepping down from her post as executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Clare Kelly, who worked on Gov. Deval Patrick's re-election efforts in the field, will... Read more
Lower Mills MWRA map. Click to enlarge.
Fasten your seatbelts, Lower Mills residents.
Starting next month and running into November, Washington Street, Adams Street, and River Street are scheduled to be periodically closed as part of a project of... Read more
The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into complaints that the City of Boston's school closing plans discriminate against black and Latino students and parents.
In a Feb. 15 letter, Donna Russell, an attorney in the department's... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 22, 2011…..As throngs of union members and their supporters crushed onto Beacon Street for a late afternoon rally in support of Wisconsin workers, the three members of the state’s Congressional delegation seen as most likely to... Read more
The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy is slated to speak at Dorchester's fifth annual St. Patrick's Day brunch.
Joseph P. Kennedy III is an assistant district attorney on Cape Cod whose speech on the Massachusetts State House floor a week after the shootings... Read more
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