Second Suffolk District News Today

A $50 billion-plus state budget. A push to electrify the Fairmount Line. A proposed commission to study reparations in Massachusetts. Six months into her job as a state senator, sitting in a seat of “Black power and Black community here in Boston,” Liz Miranda has a list of things she’s working on that contains more than those three agenda items. After winning last fall’s

Liz Miranda, elected four years ago as a state representative, returns to Beacon Hill this week to take the oath of office as state senator for the Second Suffolk District. Her swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Jan. 4 inside the State House. She plans a “Community Inauguration” at Roxbury Community College on Fri., Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Miranda grew up in what’s known as

Thank you, residents of the Fifth Suffolk District, for trusting me with the job of proudly representing you as your state representative. This is the moment where we can create systemic change that will affect generations to come. As state representative, my goals are threefold: delivering resources to the district; providing world-class constituent services; and creating

State Rep. Liz Miranda, a Roxbury native and the daughter of Cape Verdean immigrants, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary to succeed state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, besting another state representative, a former federal housing official, and a longtime seat holder seeking a comeback. With no Republican candidate expected in November, Miranda is set to take office as the next senator

Questions will focus on issues of concern to the diverse communities and businesses of North Central Massachusetts.

State Rep. Russell Holmes will face a challenge in September for the 6th Suffolk District, covering parts of Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan and Roslindale. Holmes has held the seat for more than a decade, running unopposed each year since he first claimed the position in 2010. Haris Hassan Hardaway, a Talbot Avenue resident and principal at HHH Strategic

More than a decade after she resigned from her state Senate seat, pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, and then found a new role in the activism world, Dianne Wilkerson appears to be eyeing a seat on Beacon Hill once again. A spokesperson for Secretary of State William Galvin’s office confirmed last week that someone pulled nomination papers on Wilkerson’s behalf on

After its last request for developers to submit proposals for buildout initiatives in Uphams Corner elicited no bids, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is going to take another swing at the issue. “The BPDA expects to bring a new RFP [request for proposals] to the March Board for approval, and release one by early April,” agency spokesperson Bonnie McGilpin

Lawmakers urged to create opportunities for candidates of color Matt Murphy State House News Service The states only majority-minority Congressional district, represented by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, is an area ripe for lawmakers to create more opportunities for candidates of color at the state level, according to officials and advocates who testified Monday in front of legislators in charge of redistricting. Pressley, who in 2018 became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachus...

Ruthzee Louijeune, candidate for Boston City Council At-Large, announced this week that she had earned the endorsement of State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz, of Jamaica Plain.  Chang-Díaz is the first Latina and first person of Asian descent elected to the Massachusetts State Senate. She is serving her sixth term on behalf of the Second Suffolk District, which comprises all or part of the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Mission Hill, Roslindale, Roxbury, a...