From the Dorchester Reporter: State Rep. Marty Walsh's district would reach into Quincy and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz would pick up Dorchester precincts while losing whole neighborhoods elsewhere in Boston, according to a draft of redraw...
City Councilors Tito Jackson and Ayanna Pressley, Rev. Hurmon Hamilton, Mel King, John B. Cruz and others spoke out in support of S. 1568, An Act to Create Equitable Jobs Access, on Tuesday, October 18 at the State House.
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MBTA Public Hearings
Redistricting creates more majority-minority districts
The MBTA is seeking to plug a budget hole by raising fares and cutting service—including weekend E Line subway/streetcar trips and most of the JP Loop bus service. The highest-ridership lines in Jamaica Pl...
A parade of 75 speakers, including many Jamaica Plain officials and residents, blasted the MBTA’s proposed fare hike and service cuts at a Roxbury Community College meeting last night.
FOREST HILLS— The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) may reach a decision on the future of the Casey Overpass in private this week, but it will not immediately hold a public meeting to an...
Prison sentence reforms—including a beefing-up of the so-called three strikes laws—recently passed by the state legislature are sparking controversy across the city and in Jamaica Plain.
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BOSTON, Mass. -- Remarks during the signing ceremony for Massachusetts' new transgender civil-rights law lasted less than an hour when, on Thursday, Jan. 19, activists, lawmakers, the governor, and state con...
BOSTON – The Senate on Tuesday took decisive action to end mismanagement and financial abuses at the Commonwealth’s education collaboratives, which help teach children with special needs, Sonia Chang-Díaz announced. With a unanimous vote, ...
The ABCD Career Exploration Department is beginning its hiring process. Currently, the ABCD Youth Career Exploration Program employs teenage workers between the ages of 16-21 within the Boston area over t...
