Police pursuit ends in Lower Mills
August 20, 2026
Boston City Council president Liz Breadon has made her picks for committee chairs, which the body is expected to approve at their Jan. 28 meeting.
The Up Academy Holland School will exit state receivership next year, ending more than 10 years of state control over the Dorchester school.
Seven years after MBTA officials announced a ten-year plan to “transform” the Mattapan-Ashmont trolley line, representatives for the agency told attendees of a public meeting on Wednesday evening that they are only 15 percent of the way toward meeting their goals with a massive funding shortfall standing in the way going forward.
State senators who represent parts of Boston will likely have to defend their seats in next year’s election as several potential challengers have created campaign accounts in recent weeks.
The Academy Holland School has seen a major turn-around since 2013— and parents, local electeds, and administrators hope to keep that momentum going under the existing leadership, writes Yawu Miller.
Fourteen years after the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) first put a school district in receivership, education activists are now pushing for an end to the practice, citing the state’s checkered record of running schools and districts and the loss of local control.
One year after voters passed a ballot referendum barring the state from using the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, Gov. Healey joined education officials at Dedham High School Monday to announce a proposed new framework for graduation requirements that would include course work aligned with college admission standards.
State officials estimate that Massachusetts will lose as much as $4.1 billion going forward due to losses of federal funding and changes to federal tax laws. If past budget crises are any indication, that cut of more than 5 percent of the $60 billion state budget will likely lead to trims to human services, education and other areas that Massachusetts residents depend on.
Push from Mayor Wu, unions keyed his fourth-place finish. Yawu Miller reports
A ballot question backed by the Pioneer Institute and Mass High Tech Council would reduce the state income tax rate from 5 percent to 4 percent over a three-year period — a cut, opponents say, that would cut income tax revenue by 20 percent, leading to a $5 billion reduction in state revenue.
The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) approved a one-year extension of its 2023 contract with the city this week, adding minor reforms to policing.
Rev. Miniard Culpepper won the District 7 seat left vacant by Tania Fernandes Anderson. The city’s unofficial election results showed Culpepper with 3,874 votes to Said Ahmed’s 3,275.
While no one heading into the polls next Tuesday need guess the outcome of the mayoral election — Michelle Wu is running unopposed — two City Council races hang in the balance.
Voters looking for clarity on where the District 7 candidates stand on issues may go to the polls on Nov. 4 with a few unanswered questions.
Massachusetts residents entering voting booths on Nov. 3 next year will see the names of candidates for state representative, state senate, and members of Congress, in particular, US Sen. Ed Markey and his challengers.
But those elected state and federal offices on the ballot will likely be joined by more than a dozen ballot questions as outside supermarkets across the Commonwealth this fall solicitors have been gathering signatures on behalf of as many as 47 ballot initiatives on topics ranging from promoting transparency in the Legislature, instituting a statewide rent control law, and rolling back the state’s legalization of marijuana.
