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A political power struggle over one of the crown jewels of the Massachusetts hackerama is reaching a crescendo with rumors rampant about the future of the convention center authority’s executive director.
Gov. Maura Healey’s new chair of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, who just engineered the ouster of executive director David Gibbons, faced accusations of being a “stumbling block” to diversity while she was a top official in Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration.
The Boston City Council is considering a measure that would grant immigrants with “legal status” but without full citizenship the right to vote in local elections. Councilor Kendra Lara, a
The Boston City Council is considering a measure that would grant immigrants with “legal status” but without full citizenship the right to vote in local elections.
In some ways, this year’s election for Boston City Council was like its predecessor in 2007. There was no race for mayor, no preliminary round for candidates at-large, and a citywide incumbent named Murphy finished second, with a strong showing in Dorchester, South Boston and West Roxbury. But in 2023, the top vote-getter running at-large in 2007—and even in 2021, Michael