As the housing crisis continues to take a toll on Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Real Estate Board is urging residents to tell lawmakers to stay away from enacting a tax on pricey real estate deals. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board has launched what it’s describing as a “multifaceted digital and grassroots activation campaign” centered … Read more
Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian officially joined the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday morning, taking her oaths of office from Gov. Maura Healey in the ceremonial corner office at the State House. Confirmed 6-1 by the Governor’s Council on Feb. 28, Wolohojian spent the past couple of months wrapping up work on pending Appeals Court decisions. A former … Read more
A nationwide hot-button issue boiled over on Boston Common Saturday, when opposing sides to youth gender transition shouted at each other in front of the State House. “People who do trans surgery should go to jail,” protesters could be heard shouting from the common in between group prayers and singing. Their message was in turn … Read more
Medford is looking to become the latest Massachusetts municipality to send a home rule petition to the State House to enact a tax on “high-end real estate deals.” Backers say the measure would address the city’s affordable housing “crisis,” but the idea is not sitting too well with residents. Some engaged in a shouting match … Read more
Diana DiZoglio is looking for love in all the wrong places. It is a subject the state auditor brought up during a WCVB-TV interview last weekend. She said she was not receiving much love when it comes to the state’s $56.1 billion 2025 budget. DiZoglio should know that love is rare on Beacon Hill. There … Read more
If you were in a local GOP primary for a state rep’s seat in Worcester County next week, who would you rather be endorsed by? Candidate John Marsi is supported by the popular Republican sheriff, Lew Evangelides, as well as by state Sen. Peter Durant and another local GOP legislator, Rep. Donnie Berthlaume. Marsi is … Read more
The state will begin to move migrant families, especially those sleeping overnight at Logan Airport, into a new overflow shelter at a Roxbury recreation center on Wednesday, acting quickly on a decision that surprised the community. In a letter to elected officials, Gov. Maura Healey said the “temporary safety-net site” at the state-owned Melnea A. … Read more
The MBTA’s budget gap could grow to $652 million in the next fiscal year, when pandemic relief funds that have been helping the agency offset its significant loss in fare revenue and high cost of federally mandated safety fixes run out. The T’s financial outlook becomes more dire each of the next five years, capped … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey moved an enormous $4.1 billion bill to tackle a housing shortage decades in the making to a Joint Committee on Housing hearing Thursday morning, doubling down on the urgency of the “issue of our time” following her State of the Commonwealth speech the night before. “This is our highest priority as an … Read more
A state senator is seeking a change in Massachusetts law that would strip the Boston City Council of its authority to approve public health and safety grants, after the body’s latest “embarrassing” vote to reject $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding. Nick Collins, a South Boston Democrat, filed a bill Friday that would allow that … Read more
