Politics
A second candidate could be taking on state Rep. Gloria Fox (D-Roxbury) this year. Rufus Faulk, a 30-year-old program director with the Boston TenPoint Coalition, told the Reporter on Monday he’s jumping into the race.
Born and raised in Roxbury, Faulk... Read more
When City Councillor Charles Yancey mentions the prospect of a Mattapan high school, he is often greeted with weary smiles and eye rolls from City Hall insiders who know how frequently the longtime District 4 representative manages to work it into his... Read more
The results are in: MBTA riders communicated with the agency nearly 8,000 times over the last two months and, according to a partial review, nearly all of the comments contained pleas to save service – bus, rail and ferry – from the budget knife.
While... Read more
School assignment reform hearing at English High: Dr. Lisa Gonsalves, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at the College of Education and Human Development at UMass Boston, spoke Monday as Kim Janey, of Massachusetts Advocates for Children,... Read more
Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray's car crash last year provided ample material for dozens of politically charged taunts at Sunday morning's South Boston St. Patrick's Day Breakfast, with Murray himself making the most mockery out of the accident.
Introduced as a... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 15, 2012…..Describing a "war" on Beacon Hill over mandatory minimum sentence policies, a freshman lawmaker contended Thursday that most of his colleagues voted to crack down on habitual felons last year without understanding the... Read more
A hearing for a plea change has been set for next week in the campaign finance violation case of former state Rep. Brian Wallace. The South Boston Democrat and his campaign treasurer at the time were indicted last year by a Suffolk grand jury for... Read more
A Beacon Hill committee has endorsed a bill that aims to increase diversity on the site of state construction projects. The Legislature’s Joint Committee on State Administration and Oversight signed off on the bill last week. If it becomes law, it would... Read more
US Sen. Scott Brown and former Obama administration official Elizabeth Warren have spent months criss-crossing the state on their Senate campaigns, reaching out to voters and battling one another through press releases.
On Sunday, the Wrentham Republican... Read more
Months after federal officials passed over their initial proposal for funding, the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is renewing its pursuit of federal dollars to complete the Neponset Greenway trail.
Community activists and state... Read more
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