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TRANSIT ROUNDUP: WU WALKS THE WALK ON TRAIN, PLUS LICENSES FOR ALL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 22, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T

“The House passage of the Work and Family Mobility Act moves all state residents toward greater road safety, improved security, better public health and a more vibrant economy.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T Tagged With: Beacon Hill, City Hall, MBTA, michelle wu, news, the T, transit

SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 1, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the nationwide bipartisan blitz to privatize public housing, Boston’s giving billions worth of benefits to some of America’s largest developers, financiers, and property management firms. Politicians are applauding, but for many residents caught in the transition, their housing future is unclear

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPDA, City Hall, development, gentrification, Housing, HUD

“HEDGING THEIR BETS.” COPS, COP CONTRACTOR FILL CAMPAIGN COFFER

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted October 12, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

In their fight to keep the status quo, Boston police throw money at Essaibi-George

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2021 mayoral race, Boston, City Hall, news, news to us, Politics

THE POLITICS OF EVICTIONS IN BOSTON

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted September 2, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Every mayoral candidate has taken donations from landlords who moved to evict tenants during the pandemic. We asked them about it.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: affordable housing, Boston, Boston mayoral election, Boston politics, City Hall, Housing, news, news to us, Politics

WITH ONE SURVEILLANCE PLAN DERAILED, BPD STILL SEEKS TO ADD CAMERAS

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted June 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We need the ordinance to pass so we're not dealing with executive branch demands to expand surveillance in a Whac-A-Mole fashion.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPD, City Hall, news, Police, surveillance

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE TROLL TOLL

Written by ADAM SENNOTT Posted November 17, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Municipalities brave Zoom learning curve in pandemic times.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cambridge, City Council, City Hall, coronavirus, COVID, Pandemic Democracy Project, Politics, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News Garden

SIX QUESTIONS BOSTON SHOULD GRAPPLE WITH BEFORE GREENLIGHTING THOUSANDS MORE LUXURY UNITS

Written by CHUCK COLLINS Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

The burden of proof is on luxury developers and the city to explain how the luxury building bonanza will benefit ordinary residents and neighborhoods

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, City Hall, development, Housing, luxury housing, Marty Walsh, One Dalton Place, real estate bubble, Towering Excess, UBS Global

PSA DOA: MAYOR WALSH’S ISLAMOPHOBIA CAMPAIGN WON PLENTY OF PRESS, BUT HAD LITTLE IMPACT

Written by CLAIRE SADAR Posted July 31, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

At issue here is not just that a highly publicized public service campaign fell flat, or that money was wasted on printing posters that were never used.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Bart, bospoli, Boston, City Hall, Islam, Islamophobia, JCDecaux, Maeril, Mayor Walsh, PSA

CITY VOWS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS, BUT MAJOR HURDLES REMAIN

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Carolina Mata is a recipient of TPS and escaped El Salvador in 1998 after her father was assassinated. Protected status has made life easier for Mata. “I found a stable job, got my driver’s license, and was able to take care of my children,” she said. As a single mother, Mata supports 10-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and her son who attends Fitchburg State College, while working in a plastics factory.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, City Hall, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, immigration, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, TPS, US

INSANE CLOWN POLI

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted October 22, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

When Payaso shows up to forums in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan in particular, how can he properly address a mother who has lost her son to gun violence? Or at the hands of the police? Can he hold a serious conversation in clown gear?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, bospoli, Boston, Boston City Council, City Hall, Jamarhl Crawford, Kevin McCrea, Pat Payaso, Roxbury

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