“We have to recognize, you know, people enter the building renting because the circumstances mean that renting is what works for them ... I think we have to have protections and safeguards to allow those individuals to continue getting the benefits they’re entitled to.”
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THE IMPORTANT STORY LEADING UP TO BILL MCKIBBEN’S VIRAL TWEET ABOUT THE BOSTON PIPELINE PROTESTERS
Residents in Dedham and West Roxbury are up in arms about what many see as a legitimate threat to their health and safety. Beyond the possibility of an explosion, there are other terrifying potential side effects of having the line run through a residential area.
STATE WIRE: BAY STATE STUDENTS SET TO TAKE A STAND ON GUN VIOLENCE
"When we have those emotional supports in school, violence outside of school is less likely to happen."
CAUGHT ON CAM-SHARE: BPD SEEKS ACCESS TO PRIVATE SECURITY CAMERAS, EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW SURVEILLANCE NETWORK
For now, the BPD wants to help officers more quickly locate and access footage. However, if the program expands beyond its small introduction—about 13 locations, according to BPD records—it could develop into a centralized surveillance network.
BAKER’S MASS MEDICAID PURGE
Wrestling with new MassHealth changes and (not so) accountable care organizations
MASS GRASS UPDATE
With regulations for recreational cannabis almost in place, here’s what you need to know
THE INCREDIBLE, INEQUITABLE MBTA
To get from one place to another in Boston, many commuters use the public transit system for commuter rail, subway, and bus route services. However, the tracks and lanes that are supposed to connect residents from their homes to their jobs and other destinations can have the opposite effect, stranding us and pushing people farther away from the city and essential services.
WHOLE LOTTA CAUCUS: ELECTIONS HAVE RETURNED TO THE COMMONWEALTH. SORT OF.
All things considered, the results of the caucuses make little tangible difference in determining the party’s nominee for the governorship. What’s really on the line is a candidate’s ability to garner 15 percent of the delegates’ support; crossing that threshold gets you on the September primary ballot. It would take a miracle to win a primary as a write-in candidate, so, first and foremost, the caucuses are a battle for the ballot.
GET A GRIPPE: THE FLU HIT BOSTON EXTREMELY HARD 100 YEARS AGO
Flash back to 100 years ago, when the Spanish flu epidemic was similarly worrying Americans. With vaccine developments not nearly as ubiquitous as they are in 2018, many Boston-area doctors relied on pseudoscience and, out of both desperation and ignorance, said and did whatever they could to tame an ongoing public outrage about flu deaths.
OUT OF COMMISSION: FOR RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IN MASS, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS
"We don’t want the people who were locked up in the first place to be locked out of opportunities in this space."