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Should we punish people for crimes that no longer exist? This question has arisen in states like Massachusetts that have legalized cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. As people across the ... Read more.

The Franklin Park Coalition and Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department will mark the 100th birthday of the late Elma Lewis with a series of free performances at the Playstead near the giraffe entrance of the zoo. Lewis ... Read more.

Dorchester Little League players are District 9 champs after beating South Boston and Charlestown earlier this month. The tournament was played in a round robin format with teams from other two neighborhoods.

The ... Read more.

Two vacancies and more than a dozen candidates. When Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George decided to run for mayor and not seek re-election to their City Council At-Large seats, a large group of Boston residents stepped ... Read more.

The seventh annual food festival known as “A Taste of Ethnic Boston” is set to return on July 27. The festival, which will include a Dorchester bakery and other neighborhood businesses, aims to unite Boston’s most ... Read more.

The brand-new Adams Street branch library, an $18.3 million investment by city government, will open to the public during a ribbon-cutting celebration on Sat., July 31. The building replaces a smaller structure that ... Read more.

Amid reports of a spike in violent crime nationally, Boston’s streets have remained relatively peaceful this summer, with reports of crimes in all major categories down significantly over the same time frame last year. ... Read more.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Tuesday snagged a key endorsement as 32BJ SEIU, which represents property service workers, threw its support to her. She might also get a super PAC from them, too.

The union represents 20, ... Read more.

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The super PAC backing Acting Mayor Kim Janey is swinging into action, pulling in nearly half a million dollars while focusing on canvassing efforts.

The super PAC, supported by the hospitality workers union known ... Read more.

A series of free concerts will return to city-owned parks and golf courses as part of the city’s ParkARTS programming, which launches next Wednesday (July 21) at Mattapan’s Almont Park.

The schedule follows: The ... Read more.

The five major mayoral candidates on Thursday laid out how they would handle coronavirus-driven changes to the Greater Boston economy and avoid creating another neighborhood like the Seaport.

The candidates ... Read more.

City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo, along with his father, who serves as Suffolk County’s register of probate, on Thursday offered their formal backing to Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

The Hyde Park councillor’s endorsement ... Read more.

Editor's Note: This story was first published by WBUR 90.9FM, which is a media partner of the Dorchester Reporter. See the WBUR coverage ... Read more.

When Mayor Walsh announced his resignation to accept the position of US Secretary of Labor, the Boston real estate industry, also known as the development community, panicked. The Boston Business Journal reported in a ... Read more.

$8. It’s one of the most mentioned statistics in Massachusetts politics.

A 2015 study recorded that the median net worth for white households in Greater Boston was a quarter of a million dollars, or $250,000. For ... Read more.

It seems like the dog days of summer have come early this year. In the past month we have seen a number of days exceed 90 degrees, with the heat compounded by high humidity. When the temperature rises, it’s important for ... Read more.

Andrea Campbell, as she seeks to stand out in a field of five mayoral candidates, on Wednesday promoted a plan to speed up affordable housing development and close the racial wealth gap.

Joined by supporters at a ... Read more.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said today that the US should take steps to prevent further destabilization of Haiti after the country’s ... Read more.

State lawmakers this month plan two public hearings on how to spend large portions of coronavirus relief funds across Massachusetts. The two hearings, both taking place online, are set for Tues., July 20, and Tues., July ... Read more.

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