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Less than three weeks. That’s how long the three Democratic candidates for Jack Hart’s vacant First Suffolk District state Senate seat have to bring voters to their side in the April 30 primary.

The winner of the ... Read more.

The two House lawmakers vying for former state Sen. Jack Hart’s seat ended up on opposite sides of a tax bill debate on Monday.

The $500 million tax bill passed the House by a 97-55 vote, short of the veto-proof ... Read more.

The Dorchester Day Parade will be held on Sunday, June 2— but special events that lead up to the big day are already well underway, including a Mayor of Dorchester “election” that features three candidates who will help ... Read more.

Mattapan Square Main Streets, Inc. has hired its first Executive Director. Tina Petigny, a Hyde Park resident and a who worked previously as a program manager for Boston Connects, Inc., will start this month. Petigny is a ... Read more.

In the two and a half years since his election as South Boston’s representative in the Massachusetts House, Nick Collins has focused on the urban issues his district faces on a daily basis.

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On a sunny Tuesday, the door-knocking tour of Everett Street was one of several items on state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry’s schedule that day. After a late night in the state House of Representatives, which passed a $500 ... Read more.

Maureen Dahill got a taste of the state Senate at an early age: When she was in college, she was a page for a few years during Senate President William Bulger’s reign. “I loved it,” she said, recalling her job running ... Read more.

Joseph Ureneck describes himself as a political activist first and a candidate second. The only Republican in the race to succeed Sen. Jack Hart in the state Senate, Ureneck wants to use his candidacy as a vehicle to ... Read more.

“Sometimes sunshine, sometimes showers
Bathe and nuture budding flowers
As April sings a song of spring
And dances of a bluebird’s wing.”
“A Song of Spring” by Nora Bozeman

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Just days before the first pitch of the season, Savin Hill Little League has been dealt a tough blow by thieves who pillaged their equipment locker at McConnell Park. The ... Read more.

A city councillor at-large and the former chief executive of a Dorchester hospital entered the Boston mayoral sweepstakes over the last week, bringing to eight the number of candidates who have said they hope to succeed ... Read more.

Taking the first major step toward a significant tax hike this year, the House on Monday night approved $500 million in new revenue from increases in the state's gas, cigarette and business taxes in an attempt to solidify ... Read more.

A city licensing official on Monday warned the Dublin House, 7 Stoughton St., that it faces a possible suspension of its license because of a stabbing last month - which follows a shooting outside the bar last year. ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 8, 2013…..As frustrated taxi drivers and weary tourists looked on, public transit activists blocked Beacon Street for about 15 minutes Monday, making the case for more funding to avert future ... Read more.

The Mattahunt Wheelock Community Center will join forces with the BCYF Mildred Ave. Community Center to offer high school juniors and seniors a College & Career Engagement event on Thurs., April 18.

The “E.M.E. ... Read more.

Adding a major new dimension to what's turning into a full-fledged tax fight with the Legislature, Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday he would veto a $500 million tax plan unveiled earlier this week by legislative leaders ... Read more.

Three of the four candidates hoping to fill South Boston’s Jack Hart’s First Suffolk Senate District seat have offered their views on taxes, the city’s school assignment policy, and dormitories at UMass Boston in ... Read more.

Michelle Wu’s kick-off of her City Council At-Large bid drew a who’s who of Boston politicos to the South End on Tuesday night. She was introduced by her former law professor, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who called Wu a “ ... Read more.

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