In a pair of stunning rebukes, Boston voters on Tuesday rejected two embattled incumbent city councilors, a historic vote that illustrates discontent with the dysfunctional legislative body and sinks two once-promising political careers.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE ON Thursday gave more flexibility to cities and towns required to have at least one zone in which denser, multi-family housing is permitted, but also expanded the list of state grant opportunities that can be denied to any town that does not comply with the law meant to spur(...)
Regulators were surprised to find residential solar panels shoring up the region's grid during the coldest months. It could reshape the national debate on
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit The Satanic Temple filed against the City of Boston, ruling that the City Council did not discriminate against the group when it chose not to grant its reque…
Boston police on Monday identified a suspect who later turned himself in to authorities in the July 18 hit-and-run crash in Hyde Park that killed a 4-year-old boy.
The investigation will focus on whether Harvard “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process.”
West Nile Virus was detected in a mosquito pool in South Boston, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. The best way to avoid the virus is to avoid mosquito bites.
To nobody's great surprise, Patrick Mendoza did not appear at a Boston Licensing Board hearing today on his fitness to own and run a liquor-serving license at Monica's Trattoria on Prince Street now that he's been charged with trying to murder somebody on Hanover Street.
The MBTA says that it’s finally fixed a section of worn-out subway tracks near downtown Boston that has been slowing down Orange Line trains since 2019. In the spring of 2022, inspectors from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) cited poor track conditions on the “Tufts curve,” located at the southern end of the tunnel...
The region’s median single-family home price was at a record high for the second straight month in June, and home sales continued to drop off dramatically.
City Councilor Kendra Lara “regularly” drove to work at Boston City Hall, a city spokesperson said Thursday, even though she has not had a valid driver’s license for a decade.
The potential Massachusetts ballot measure — which supporters are eyeing for 2024 or 2026 — would create “access” to natural psychedelics and remove criminal penalties for personal possession across the state.
Boston, called a "bicycling paradise" in the 1800s, should encourage more residents to commute on two wheels. The city’s proposal to add a protected bike lane on Boylston Street is a step in that direction.