Politics
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
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
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