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.
Parents of students in the Sumner and Philbrick schools in Roslindale were ambivalent in 2022 when Boston Public Schools officials announced the school communities would merge. The district has merged and closed dozens of schools over the last 20 years and the processes have often left parents and students angered and disillusioned.
Congressional Democrats are facing a crisis of identity, with the defeat of the 2024 election sparking debate over how to win back disaffected voters who either stayed home or defected to the Trump camp.
Working at the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has been challenging for Lilly Simmons, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3428.
When state Sen. Liz Miranda told a gathering of constituents last week that Boston is under fire from ICE, she wasn’t exaggerating. “The federal government has a target on us,” she said, speaking to 70-or-so people who crowded into her Blue Hill Avenue district office on Sept. 22 for training on how to react to ICE raids.
Members of the City Council questioned Boston Public Schools officials at a hearing on Monday over proposed changes to exam school admissions that would likely reverse gains in admissions of Black, Latino, and Asian students and learners from low-income families. BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper told councillors that “we are committed to creating an equitable, transparent policy that ensures all students have an opportunity for a seat at one of our city’s three exam schools.”
Charlie Harris isn’t happy with what he sees as left- and right-wing polarization in Boston
Said Ahmed garnered 1,155 votes to beat second-place finisher Miniard Culpepper’s 1,102. His 53-vote win came on the heels of a remarkably close-fought campaign season, during which five of the 11 candidates mounted well-resourced campaigns, raising tens of thousands of dollars.
