Politics
The trolley rumbles up to the Ashmont/Peabody Square platform on a shallow incline before it creaks and rattles to a stop at the eastern terminal of the Mattapan Line. The doors open squeakily to let out a stream of passengers.
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A state-led commission focused on the re-construction of the Morrissey Boulevard corridor from South Boston to Neponset has issued its “draft” final report for public review. The 181-page document was posted on a state-run website last night.
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With unusually high levels of uncertainty circling around the federal funding that buoys more than $16 billion of the state budget, Gov. Maura Healey's finance secretary said Thursday that federal cuts would be too big of a problem for the executive... Read more
Hundreds of people gathered on Boston City Hall plaza this morning for a rally organized to support immigrant communities and Mayor Wu as she began a long day of testimony and questioning in front of a Congressional Oversight committee in Washington, D.C... Read more
One of 5 responses to city’s call for health-career academy’s new home
The city of Boston is reviewing five proposals — including one from a team that includes the current owner of the largely shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester— as it... Read more
Mayor Wu calls ‘opt-in’ rent control idea ‘fake’
Mayoral challenger Josh Kraft released new details about his positions on housing “access and affordability” this morning in the first in-depth policy disclosure of his still-emerging campaign. The plan... Read more
Dorchester resident Dean Toulan says that in the seven years he has lived in and walked around his Armandine Street neighborhood, close to Tech Boston High School (formerly Dorchester High School) and the Dorchester YMCA, he has had around 20 near-misses... Read more
Drops Market Oversight Bill On Guv's Desk With Only Hours Left In Session
Lawmakers rushed a hospital oversight bill to Gov. Maura Healey on Monday, agreeing on policy responses to the Steward Health Care crisis that aim to better regulate private equity... Read more
Is there any hope that Carney Hospital might stave off a date with the locksmiths and keep the lights on past Aug. 31? The likelihood of a reprieve diminished greatly on Monday after Gov. Healey said that while there was “nothing” she could do to deter... Read more
Backlash is mounting this week following the abrupt demotion from the Boston Police Department’s command staff of a veteran officer who had recently been appointed to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission that is aimed at improving... Read more
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