AFTER MORE THAN two hours of debate, Boston city councilors approved a $3.61 billion budget for 2021, averting a showdown with Mayor Marty Walsh that some councilors deemed necessary to address urgent new priorities related to race and policing but others warned would set back progress that has been made and imperil the […]
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Boston hearing focuses on language barriers
BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS Julia Mejia and Ed Flynn held a hearing Friday focused on the language barriers non-native English speakers are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. Fittingly, the hearing was the first to be translated into Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cantonese, and Mandarin as it was being conducted. Mejia has a personal connection to the effort. […]
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Mayor Walsh: Please support my son’s dream of a new high school
Dear Mayor Walsh, It was wonderful to meet you last month at the Boston Latin School service event, which honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I was able to get this great picture of you with my son. You said you liked his Boston College hat, given that you are a proud […]
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Walsh and the new ‘be bold’ imperative
MOVE ASIDE MELANIA with your “Be Best” campaign. Marty Walsh has issued a new alliterative B-based edict for our times here in Boston, where the mayor has declared a pox on incrementalism and half-measures. “Be bold” was the mayor’s message in his State of the City speech last night. It came in a plan to […]
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Walsh and the new “be bold” imperative
Move aside Melania with your “Be Best” campaign. Marty Walsh has issued a new alliterative B-based edict for our times here in Boston, where the mayor has declared a pox on incrementalism and half-measures. “Be bold” was the mayor’s message in his State of the City speech last night. It came in a plan to […]
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Massachusetts cannot afford an undercount in 2020
TODAY, THE US SUPREME COURT is hearing oral arguments on the addition of a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census. This proposed question compounds the climate of fear and distrust in the federal government and likely would lead to lower response rates among immigrant communities. Massachusetts has the seventh highest proportion of residents who are immigrants. […]
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Homing in on new Boston superintendent
THREE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN NAMED in the search for a new Boston school superintendent, but it’s hard not to wonder whether home field advantage will be what matters in the end. Look no further than the front page of today’s Boston Herald, where Boston Latin graduate and local school leader Oscar Santos gazes earnestly at […]
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Homing in on new Boston superintendent
Three finalists have been named in the search for a new Boston school superintendent, but it’s hard not to wonder whether home field advantage will be what matters in the end. Look no further than the front page of today’s Boston Herald, where Boston Latin graduate and local school leader Oscar Santos gazes earnestly at […]
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Is New York showing up ‘progressive’ Mass.?
START SPREADING THE NEWS: Not only are the Yankees a game and a half in front of the faltering Red Sox, New York has taken a big lead over Boston in dealing boldly with the carmageddon of traffic gridlock that is choking lots of American cities. A budget deal reached between New York Gov. Andrew […]
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Is New York showing up ‘progressive’ Mass.?
Start spreading the news: Not only are the Yankees a game and a half in front of the faltering Red Sox, New York has taken a big lead over Boston in dealing boldly with the carmageddon of traffic gridlock that is choking lots of American cities. A budget deal reached between New York Gov. Andrew […]