Politics
After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a regulatory structure for the novel app-... Read more
As the state Senate prepares to debate a bill regulating ride-for-hire services like Uber and Lyft, drivers are walking around around the new Uber Greenlight Hub in Neponset. The Dorchester shop is Boston’s second, located in a neighborhood where one in... Read more
Donald Trump's appearance at the Langham Hotel in Boston aims to bring in campaign dollars for his presidential campaign, though many elected Republican lawmakers may be more focused on business before the House and Senate on Wednesday.
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh expressed concern Wednesday after the second top member of his administration was arrested on charges that he extorted a music festival, pressuring it to hire union workers.
On Tuesday a federal grand jury indicted Tim Sullivan,... Read more
A federal grand jury has indicted a second Boston City Hall official in the alleged extortion of a music festival, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, furthering a federal probe that is rocking Mayor Martin Walsh's administration. Tim Sullivan... Read more
Word emerged this week that UMass officials are talking with the Kraft family — owners of the Patriots and the New England Revolution soccer franchise — about siting a 20,000-seat soccer stadium on what used to be the Bayside Expo Center.
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As Boston officials seek to lower speed limits on their streets, one lawmaker cautioned Tuesday that the problem they are seeking to remedy could be a symptom of a broader “crisis” in transportation infrastructure.
The Boston City Council voted... Read more
University of Massachusetts officials have had preliminary conversations with the Kraft family and the New England Revolution about the possibility of building a soccer stadium on prime waterfront land owned by the university on the grounds of the old... Read more
Seeking to help the often low-wage workers who rely on check cashing businesses to collect their pay, the Senate last Thursday passed a bill to limit how much check-cashers can take as their cut. The bill (S 2323) limits fees to 1.5 percent for state or... Read more
Orlando massacre aftermath: Flags flew at half-mast this week outside the Codman Square Health Center.
Whether the carnage is close to home on a Dorchester street corner or in a darkened Florida dance club, there’s a maddening synergy to the gunfire that... Read more
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