SUFFOLK COUNTY’S interim District Attorney Kevin Hayden fended off a strong challenge from Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in Tuesday’s acrimony-filled Democratic primary for district attorney, in a tough night […]
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Records call sexual assault claim against Arroyo ‘unfounded’
IN THE LATEST chapter in the bare-knuckle brawl that the Suffolk County district attorney’s race has become, Democratic challenger Ricardo Arroyo claimed newly released records cleared him of sexual assault, […]
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What’s the truth on Arroyo in Suffolk DA’s race? Does it matter?
AMID A GENERALLY sleepy primary election campaign season, the contest for Suffolk County district attorney stands out. The race has been rocked by an explosive report in the Boston Globe […]
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Arroyo pushes back on sexual assault allegations
THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S race is quickly turning into a low-level mash-up of “The West Wing” and “House of Cards,” complete with competing accusations of campaign skullduggery and sudden reversals […]
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Will San Francisco DA recall reverberate here?
ON SUNDAY, it was Steph Curry’s relentless rain of 3s that reverberated 3,000 miles away in Boston. The question this morning is whether the moves made on Tuesday by San […]
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In Suffolk DA’s race, the gloves come off
IT SEEMED INEVITABLE that it would emerge one of the main fault lines in the race for Suffolk County district attorney: Kevin Hayden, appointed to the post in January by […]
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Markey endorses Arroyo in Suffolk DA contest
WHEN IT COMES to winning the support of the state’s US senators, Ricardo Arroyo can now claim a twofer. A week after Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed his run for Suffolk […]
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Rollins reforms loom over Suffolk DA race
RACHAEL ROLLINS’S name won’t be on the ballot this year, but her approach to prosecution in Suffolk County may end up being front and center. Rollins – both by personality […]
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Arroyo: Racism is public health crisis in Boston
RACE HAS LONG CREATED a divide between what should be and what is. In Boston, that has translated into a struggle to achieve racial parity in exam schools. It has […]