Rollins must gather 1,000 signatures by next week to appear on the 2026 ballot.
Despite some modest gains, Blacks and Latinos in Massachusetts are trailing whites in homeownership, business ownership, and wealth accumulation, state officials said during a State House hearing held last week.
Housing activists from across Massachusetts gathered in front of the State House on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to pass rent control legislation.
Activists hoping to halt an ongoing construction park at White Stadium made a public appeal this week ahead of what will likely be a decisive court hearing on April 8.
A long-delayed re-development project in Roxbury is under review, but remains a case study in how changing parking rules from City Hall can impact building projects.
The shooting death of 20-year-old Evaline Barros-Cepeda, who was killed when a Boston police officer opened fire on a suspect car in Dorchester in 2002, sparked a change in BPD policy about firing on vehicles.
City officials hail the White Stadium-pro soccer arrangement as a boon for city students and residents, but opponents say it’s a too-costly intrusion on their use of a public park.
School leaders, teachers, and union officials gathered at the State House on March 4 to outline the challenges facing school districts with high numbers of immigrant students.
A higher percentage of Boston Public Schools students are graduating now than at any other time in the 20 years since the district began keeping track in 2006, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday.
Three Boston city councillors last week filed formal requests for information from the Boston Police Department about its collaboration and information sharing with federal law enforcement.
The average Black man in Boston lives to 71.8 years – a life expectancy 9.3 years less than that of other men in Boston and the lowest of all groups included in a study released last week by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC).
To date, 6 of the 22 members of the Boston delegation on Beacon Hill are facing contested races.
Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a delay in accepting the Trump administration’s tax cuts until next year while a coalition of progressive activist groups and unions is calling on the Legislature to opt out of the cuts entirely.
Some Boston area activists say more should be done to restrict police intelligence sharing with federal agents.
The newly constructed White Stadium sports facility will cost the city $135 million, Mayor Michelle Wu announced last Friday at the William Devine clubhouse in Franklin Park.