By Eve Zuckoff, WBUR
Frustrated Boston residents and business owners packed a South End hotel conference room last Thursday night to demand that city leaders address conditions at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.
Katie Cole and Eve Zuckoff, WBUR.
Former Boston City Councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson was sentenced last Friday (Sept. 5) to one month in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution in a federal corruption case.
The Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA) and a coalition of regional partners are calling for volunteers to help with the Neponset River Fall Cleanup on Sat., Sept. 27.
Rising property tax bills – and the potential for budget disruptions – topped the agenda at Monday’s Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association meeting where District 3 City Councillor John FitzGerald and state Sen. Nick Collins answered questions and offered updates to a group of about 50 people.
About one-fifth of Boston’s registered voters chose eight finalists on Tuesday to compete for four at-large city council seats in November.
Mayor Michelle Wu surged to a resounding victory on Tuesday over Josh Kraft with a 49-point margin in a preliminary election turnout that has set the stage for a November general election for mayor in which the incumbent is a heavy favorite.
Two former elected officials, including Michelle Wu’s last rival for the mayor’s office, publicly endorsed Josh Kraft on Monday, hours before the preliminary election in Boston.
The DotLife podcast is back for a second season! In the first segment, The Reporter’s Bill Forry joins host Erin Caldwell to preview Tuesday’s preliminary election in the City of Boston and other local stories. Erin also talks with two
Senator Ed Markey, flanked by the woman who once ran the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) under President Biden, appeared together in Dorchester’s Codman Square on Friday morning to denounce the Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service
Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston “will not yield” as the U.S. Department of Justice sues the city over its policy to restrict police cooperation with non-criminal federal immigration enforcement.
By Alison Kuznitz, State House News Service
After months of state public health officials vowing to protect vaccine access amid drastic federal changes, Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday announced state measures designed to break ties with federal immunization policies, ensure the availability of COVID-19 booster shots at retail pharmacies, mandate insurance coverage of vaccines and establish a regional public health collaborative.
A new poll conducted by Boston-based Emerson College Polling shows Boston Mayor Michelle Wu with a whopping 50-point lead over her main challenger Josh Kraft as the city’s voters head to the polls in the preliminary election on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
By Sam Drysdale
Gov. Maura Healey said she sees President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities as “political theater” and warned against using Massachusetts troops in the same way.
Last month, the Boston Legacy Football Club announced the establishment of an Athlete Advisory Board, which includes as a member Sam Mewis, a World Cup champion from Boston.
By Eve Zuckoff and Carrie Jung, WBUR.
An independent review of Boston’s school bus safety policies asserts that the system failed to maintain accurate employee records and new driver training files.