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Boston City Council pushing for parking meter benefit districts to boost transportation projects
The Boston City Council is pushing for the creation of parking benefit districts, a concept...
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Massachusetts judge rejects attempt to halt emergency shelter cap, handing win to Maura Healey
A Massachusetts judge has rejected an attempt to halt a plan to cap the number...
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Politicians love to cite crime data. It’s often wrong
Across the country, law enforcement agencies’ inability — or refusal — to send their annual...
Healey administration projected shelter costs could reach $1.1B in FY24, court docs say
The Healey administration expected it could spend up to $1.1 billion this fiscal year on...
Howie Carr: Elect someone to yell ‘Stop thief!’
Only three of the 39 current members of the state Senate are Republicans. The GOP...
Boston Police to begin enforcing Mass and Cass tent ban on Wednesday
Fifty-six people living in the Mass and Cass zone have accepted alternative shelter and treatment...
Governor adds focus on systemic racism to pardon process
According to the governor’s office, for the first time in state history, the governor’s clemency...
Nikki Haley firmly in second among early primary voters, still far behind Trump
When you boil it down to the states which will first hold their primaries —...
State housing chief says 13,000 households could enter emergency shelter if the state found enough units
The number of eligible migrant and local homeless households in the state's emergency shelter system...
Lawyers spar over Healey’s plan to limit emergency shelter capacity as judge weighs appeal
Lawyers sparred in court Tuesday over whether the state has enough money to keep expanding...