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For the elected officials representing the families in Boston Public Schools, the new district superintendent will need a litany of skills to take on a mountain of challenges in the country’s oldest school district. ... Read more.

A proponent of the voluntary program aimed at increasing diversity and giving students school choice options called on her fellow advocates Tuesday to “get angry” about cuts in state funding.

The Metropolitan ... Read more.

Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday heaped praise on Rep. Evandro Carvalho, who is starting his first full two-year term, calling the Dorchester Democrat a "rising star."

"He's going to be a rising star in this ... Read more.

After two public meetings held this week to consider the contours and costs of Boston‘s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics Games, two themes have emerged: Anxious citizens are looking for hard facts about the effect of the ... Read more.

A bill filed in the Legislature last month would create a seven-member commission charged with ensuring that Boston’s bid process to become the 2024 Summer Olympics host city “be transparent and accountable to the people ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh and top officials from Boston 2024 met with business owners from New Boston Food Market on two occasions over the last week to soothe fears over the businesses’ future and clear a path forward for a ... Read more.

As support for Boston hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics suffered a drop in a public poll, Gov. Charlie Baker cautioned the bid is a "notion in formation" that will have to be vetted by "smart people" representing the state ... Read more.

Sounding cautionary notes, MBTA officials are aiming to re-open the Braintree section of the Red Line and the Green Line's Boston College spur on Monday. The agency released the information in a Wednesday evening ... Read more.

If done right, a proposed expansion of South Bay Mall would rejuvenate more than 10 acres of land along Dorchester’s northern edge, say the district’s city councillor and a key member of one of the area’s civic ... Read more.

The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is seeking to accommodate the city’s growing need for affordable housing for its seniors, officials say, as they prepare to file a proposal with US Department of Housing and Urban ... Read more.

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department invite families to the Franklin Park Golf Course Clubhouse for the Children’s Winter Festival from 10 a.m. to 12: ... Read more.

Mountains of snow aren’t the only obstacles for shoppers at a popular Morrissey Boulevard supermarket. Available parking spaces have been dramatically slashed at the Star Market near JFK-UMass station this month as an ... Read more.

In the midst of the 24/7 attention he was giving to the relentless march of snowstorms last week, Mayor Martin Walsh announced that he had appointed two new members to the civilian board that oversees complaints alleging ... Read more.

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