Gov. Maura Healey said the state would stop adding shelter beds by November. A new lawsuit is attempting to stop the service cut.
Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has called the name an "anti-Black symbol."
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"Allston-Brighton is a majority-renter neighborhood that is not represented by a renter."--Boston City Council Candidate Jacob deBlecourt
State officials are hoping to show the Department of Homeland Security "the extremely difficult situation" Massachusetts is facing.
Lawmakers are hoping this will help stop people from moving away to less tax-heavy states.
The tax package filed Tuesday by Massachusetts lawmakers will be voted on this week following years of closed-door negotiations.
From local federal employees to food assistance and airport security, a federal shut down would be felt nationwide.
The new requirements include reporting close calls within two hours after they happen and banning the use of "lone workers" on tracks.
According to the city's unofficial results, both Kendra Lara and Ricardo Arroyo were defeated in Tuesday's preliminaries.
The 34 proposed laws and constitutional amendments could reach Massachusetts voters in 2024 and 2026.
The Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto in 2022 moved forward with changing the 123-year-old logo.
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The $56 billion state budget will fund state departments and many local initiatives through June.
There are now some 20,000 people in the Massachusetts family shelter system due to housing costs and migrants seeking refuge.
State lawmakers Monday voted in favor of the fiscal 2024 budget, sending the plan to Gov. Maura Healey for a signature.
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Sudbury, reported sparks in electrical equipment just before the statehouse was evacuated Tuesday.
Millennium Partners executives and their wives gave $8,000 to Massachusetts Senate’s Housing Committee Co-Chair’s campaign committee.
In Boston between July 2022 and July 2023, median rent charged market-rate tenants for an apartment jumped by $693 per month, to $3,200.
That's the question being weighed by a national drug policy group that has already notched similar reforms in two other states.
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Between 2022 and 2023, homeless number in families jumped by 17.5 percent and homeless number on street jumped by 42 percent in Boston.
More people have joined a class action lawsuit against Harvard Medical School over the illegal sale of body parts; a NH man faces charges.
Is Democratic Party's politically "progressive" city government in Boston still failing to establish community control of police in 2023?
Neighborhood resident comments submitted to Boston Planning & Development Agency show why they oppose Whole Foods Reconstruction project.
"Many of our downtowns and main streets don't have the foot traffic they did during the pandemic," Cyr said ahead of Wednesday's hearing.
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Rollins' attorney said she will submit her resignation to President Joe Biden by the end of business on Friday.
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"Laura's Law" is named after Laura Levis, who collapsed from an asthma attack and died outside Somerville Hospital in 2016.
Changes during the pandemic have made the problem so much worse in major cities, and people here are grossed out.
What we also have is a lottery system that right now isn't able to compete against DraftKings," Healey said.
The House package would cost $654 million in year one, offering changes to the estate tax and 62F refund process, among other provisions.
"It is clear that that the MBTA's service is not at the level that it needs to be and it hasn't been that way for far too long," Eng said.
Nero's Law authorizes emergency medical service personnel to provide emergency treatment and transport of K-9 partners.
Since the invasion, 8,101 people have been killed and 13,479 have been injured, according to the United Nations.
Scammers use sophisticated tactics to trick potential victims into disclosing personal and financial information.
Boston is the latest municipality in the state to consider banning the sale of the 100-milliliter liquor bottles.
A team of consultants will review that case as well as use-of-force training and how to handle mental health crises.