For Andrea Campbell, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. Campbell, a Black District 4 city councilor, announced her run for the city’s top office on September 24. The 38-year-old Mattapan resident believes that the country and city are “in a unique moment” where people are seeking more than just […]
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Campbell says Boston is primed for change
FOR ANDREA CAMPBELL, action is what distinguishes her platform and ideas from Mayor Marty Walsh. Campbell, a Black District 4 city councilor, announced her run for the city’s top office on September 24. The 38-year-old Mattapan resident believes that the country and city are “in a unique moment” where people are seeking more than just […]
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The bureaucrat vs. Mass. GOP star
WHEN REPUBLICAN Stephanie Fattman was elected the Worcester County register of probate in 2014, John Dolan III was one of the employees she inherited. Dolan had been working at the office for nearly 20 years years and didn’t want to leave, so he says he took a number of steps to ingratiate himself with Fattman. […]
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Debate is the latest norm Trump shatters
It was the real mistake by the lake. Donald Trump and Joe Biden did everything but bolt from the debate hall and go roll in the mud on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. The first of three scheduled presidential debates quickly descended into an incoherent brawl that made for tough viewing by anyone looking […]
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Debate is the latest norm Trump shatters
IT WAS the real mistake by the lake. Donald Trump and Joe Biden did everything but bolt from the debate hall and go roll in the mud on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. The first of three scheduled presidential debates quickly descended into an incoherent brawl that made for tough viewing by anyone looking […]
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Michelle Wu’s personal path to politics
Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu confirmed earlier this month what had been widely speculated for more than a year — she will run for mayor next year. Wu has, in very short order, become a political force to be reckoned with in the city. She placed second in the at-large council race in her first […]
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Michelle Wu’s personal path to politics
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Michelle Wu confirmed earlier this month what had been widely speculated for more than a year — she will run for mayor next year. Wu has, in very short order, become a political force to be reckoned with in the city. She placed second in the at-large council race in her first […]
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Baker weighs in on budget, eviction moratorium, Collins
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday said fiscal 2022, which begins in July next year, represents the biggest challenge facing state budget officials as they deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Baker said the state will shortly be able to close the books on fiscal 2020, which ended in June, and approve a budget […]
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Bill would bar state, county law officers at polls
RESPONDING TO RECENT comments by President Trump, Reps. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford and William Straus of Mattapoisett have filed legislation that would bar state and county law enforcement officials at polling places on Election Day. “Rep. Straus and I have filed this as a result of the Trump administration’s assertion that the president planned […]
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Even basics in dispute on Right to Repair ballot question
Massachusetts voters will be asked in November whether to update the Right to Repair law — but they may have a hard time wading through the complexities of a ballot question when supporters and opponents cannot even agree on the basics of what it will do. Tommy Hickey, director of the Right to Repair Coalition, […]