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The discussion over Boston’s housing issues came to a head at a City Council hearing on Monday, as housing advocates, residents, landlords, and representatives from Greater Boston’s real estate industry sparred over a ... Read more.

Ten local elected officials are urging MassDOT to approve a $3 million appropriation to fund the continuation of the Mattapan trolley line. In a letter acquired by the Reporter, the politicians express their strong ... Read more.

Thursday (17th)– Monthly meeting of the Boston State Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Foley Building, 249 River St., Mattapan. Members of the public are invited ... Read more.

The sign rises above a high, neatly trimmed hedge on the corner of Adams and King streets. It slumps forward, its blue material dragging one supporting wooden post toward the hedge. The candidate’s website information is ... Read more.

When it comes to donations by greater Bostonians to Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Clinton is winning the money contest by a large margin while Sanders is leading in number of ... Read more.

The thunder of 44 fists on canvas competes with the bass-heavy hip hop in Billy Traft’s gym. “I’m noddin’ on beat. I’m mobbin’ on streets, The Method.” Raps shake the floor while I sit in the bathroom, watching white dots ... Read more.

With proponents already investing heavily in a ballot campaign to knock down barriers to more charter schools, opponents of that proposal plan to launch their own ballot committee on Wednesday.

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As he serves out his last months in office, President Barack Obama will nominate a Supreme Court justice in the Rose Garden at 11 a.m. and is again calling on members of the U.S. Senate to "do their jobs" and take up his ... Read more.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to get behind a presidential candidate and in an interview televised on Sunday she did not rule out joining a ticket this year.

"Way, way, way premature to talk about that," the ... Read more.

Ten local elected officials are urging the the MassDOT Fiscal and Management Control Board to approve a $3 million ... Read more.

A morning fire on an exterior balcony at the Keystone Apartments on Hallet Street triggered a big response from the Boston Fire Department this morning. The fire on the third floor of the elderly housing complex was known ... Read more.

Discussion continued to swirl this week around ride-for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft, after a bill unveiled last Friday proposed regulations for the industry, including two-step background checks, that advocates for ... Read more.

Thursday (10th) – Town Hall meeting on Boston Public School budget co-sponsored by City Councillors Tito Jackson and Annissa Essaibi-George, 6 p.m. at Mattapan BPL, 1350 Blue Hill Ave.
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Targeting everything from zoning, foreclosures, millennials, and the steady creep of gentrification, a state Senate report released last week laid out a strategy for dealing with the housing crisis across the commonwealth ... Read more.

‘Full menu’ of options going forward on order

The MBTA board will hear a request to pump a fresh $3 million into the Mattapan high-speed trolley line next week as state officials await a consultant ... Read more.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate hosted a forum focused on Women in Leadership at various levels of government yesterday. The event included panel discussions featuring State Senator Linda ... Read more.

The East Boston Savings Bank at 489 Gallivan Blvd. was robbed by a young man this morning, according to Boston Police, who say the suspect fled in a green Jeep Wrangler in the direction of I-93. No weapon was shown during ... Read more.

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