Politics
Ruth GeorgesRuth Georges was born in Haiti, raised in Florida, and moved to Boston last year to attend a graduate program at UMass Boston. Last month, the 30-year-old new Bostonian launched a new career as well: She joined Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of... Read more
Mayor Walsh launched Boston 311, a non-emergency service hotline and platform that aims to streamline residents’ access to city services. The system has been adopted by many major cities across the country, including New York, Baltimore, and Los Angeles... Read more
David Cotter is ready to be up all night – answering calls, listening to concerns, and, ideally, not rushing to the scene of too many fires. The 23-year-old Savin Hill native is the new Dorchester Coordinator for the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood... Read more
BPD Commissioner William Evans, right, wants a ‘methodical’ approach to body cameras. Photo courtesy Mayor’s Office
As Boston’s public officials discuss an ordinance that would mandate body cameras on active-duty police officers, the public has expressed... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh and his administration have an opportunity to flip their disappointment over the demise of the Boston 2024 bid into a robust, thoughtful, and efficient execution of large-scale redevelopment in Boston.
But rather than focus first on... Read more
Ask any couple that has gone from summer fling to serious courtship to the altar. All the stars have to align for it to happen and for it to last.
From the beginning, this pairing of Boston and the Olympics was a star-crossed match. The bid was always a... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh convened a press conference on Monday to announce he would not sign a taxpayer guarantee for the proposed Boston 2024 Games without seeing the text of the agreement first. At left, he is joined by Sara Myerson, executive director of the... Read more
Boston’s Olympic flame–or the aspiration to light it in the summer of 2024–was extinguished on Monday afternoon when the US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 announced that they would be jointly ending Boston’s bid to host the Games.
Members of the... Read more
The US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 are dropping Boston as the nation's potential host city for the 2024 summer Olympics, ending a months-long debate over what Gov. Charlie Baker called a "ten-year drill" with major economic and fiscal ramifications... Read more
UPDATE (3p.m)— Sources close to the Boston 2024 proposal confirm that the USOC will abandon plans to submit Boston as the host city for the 2024 Summer Games. Developing...
Under pressure from the US Olympics Committee to sign a host city agreement,... Read more
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