Politics
Thomas Perez, US Secretary of Labor, center, spoke with third-year sheet metal apprentices Sean Bettencourt, left, and James Dearden, right, as Rachel Kaprielian, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development listens during a Monday visit to... Read more
Mayor Walsh’s decision to veto a City Council plan to create a Commission on Black and Latino Men and Boys is an ill-timed and disappointing decision from the still-new administration. The city council should act to override the mayor’s veto.
The... Read more
The 16-acre New Boston Food Market on the South Boston-Dorchester line, a vital cog in Boston’s food supply chain, is once again in the crosshairs of powerful redevelopment forces, despite the fact that its current occupants insist that their properties... Read more
Decrying lackluster education around the state and calling on new leaders to do better, activists and students rallied in front of Faneuil Hall Thursday morning.
The rally was organized by Families for Excellent Schools, a group new to Massachusetts that... Read more
George DonnellyThey have been treated like 1950s children, left to play on their own, and sometimes squabbling among themselves with nobody paying much attention. Now, the most politically powerful person in Massachusetts will be one of theirs. And the... Read more
Mt. Vernon Street meeting on Nov. 5.: Residents and stakeholders got hands on in reviewing BRA plans for a re-design of Columbia Point's main drag. Photo by Eliza Dewey A city initiative to revamp Mount Vernon Street at Columbia Point is moving ahead,... Read more
The city of Boston is vetting a trio of proposals submitted by development teams to turn an old Uphams Corner manufacturing complex into a mix of housing and other uses. The former Maxwell Box Company at 65 East Cottage St. is one of several dormant sites... Read more
In Mattapan, 2010: The mayor's playful side came out often. Here, he's busting chops as workers paint a sidewalk. "Hey, ya missed a spot." Photo by Bill Forry
Mayor Thomas M. Menino died last Thursday at his home in Hyde Park after a year-long battle with... Read more
Beginning a transition effort, Governor-elect Charlie Baker on Wednesday met with Gov. Deval Patrick, who during the just-ended campaign repeatedly said Baker had an "authenticity problem" and backed Attorney General Martha Coakley in the race to succeed... Read more
Massachusetts voters agreed Tuesday to move ahead with casinos and institute a new earned sick time law, while repealing a 2013 law indexing the gas tax to inflation and rejecting a proposal to expand the bottle deposit law.
Voters overwhelmingly rejected... Read more
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