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Boston City Council to weigh protest restrictions

Mayor Michelle Wu, whose quiet Roslindale home has become the site of near-daily 7 a.m. protests over her vaccine mandates, last month proposed a city ordinance that would bar demonstrations at private homes between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.

With few specifics and lots of support, Maura Healey leads the race for Mass. governor. But it’s (very) early yet.

The attorney general has ridden a long-forming wave of support to piles of cash, early endorsements, and significant political capital. The field has narrowed around her, creating a head-to-head race with Sonia Chang-Díaz, a progressive state senator.

Prosecutors drop homicide charge against man accused of driving into a State Police trooper, who later died

The decision came days after the chief medical examiner’s office reversed its findings in the case, writing that Thomas Devlin’s death was likely not only caused by the injuries he suffered — as it originally found — but also a rare and fatal brain disease.

Essaibi George returns to the classroom as a substitute teacher while she mulls her next steps in politics

Annissa Essaibi George, the former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate and high school teacher, is back teaching in the Boston Public Schools. She’s been working as a substitute teacher a few days a week in various schools since January, she said.

Mayor Michelle Wu names committee to study rent stabilization
Inching forward on one of her signature campaign pushes, Wu on Thursday named an advisory committee to study rent stabilization.

Boston Fire’s newest recruits include just one woman in a class of 90
The Boston Fire Department, criticized in recent years for being overwhelmingly white and male, continues to struggle with diversity, as its current recruiting class of 90 includes only one woman.

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An apartment building was destroyed after shelling earlier this week in Kharkiv.

‘This is horror’: Wu hears details of suffering on call with mayor of Ukrainian city

Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city, implored Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to lobby the local federal delegation to continue to apply pressure on Russia during a Thursday morning call.

Mayor Michelle Wu has said she envisions a city that has more plentiful and accessible housing, is more climate-resilient, and offers residents fare-free public transit.

Federal COVID funds offer Boston Mayor Michelle Wu a big boost with her big plans

Boston is sitting on what could be a transformative sum of money just as it welcomes a mayor intent on transforming the city.

Gas pumps in Massachusetts.

Democratic-led Mass. House nixes GOP effort to suspend state’s gas tax

House Democratic leaders derided the proposal, calling it a “gimmick” and arguing it was a short-sighted move that could have wider financial ramifications for the state’s ability to borrow money for road projects.

Andrea Campbell and Senator Ed Markey shared a joke in September. Markey announced his endorsement of Campbell on Wednesday.

Ed Markey endorses Andrea Campbell for Massachusetts attorney general seat

Senator Edward Markey endorsed former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate Andrea Campbell for attorney general Wednesday, the first endorsement in the race from a Massachusetts congressperson.

A cucumber oasis and a blueberry mojito (right) set to go at a takeout stand inside the restaurant Bianca on The Street in Chestnut Hill in 2020.

To-go cocktails, expanded outdoor dining could stay legal in Mass. until spring 2023

The Massachusetts House is readying a $1.6 billion mid-year spending bill that would further extend pandemic-era rules allowing restaurants to sell to-go cocktails and offer expanded outdoor dining until spring 2023 — and pour hundreds of millions of more dollars into COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccine efforts.

Boston City Hall

‘The good old boy network has worked very well’: Boston city workers of color decry culture of nepotism

Boston city employees of color Tuesday spoke out against a culture of nepotism and unfair treatment within city departments during a hearing that probed hiring and promotional practices.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Chief Medical Examiner Boston on Albany Street.

State medical examiners cut autopsy rates to among lowest in nation

In a growing number, examiners are also not physically seeing the bodies.

Samuel Brack with the City of Boston DPW patched potholes on South Huntington Avenue in Boston.

In Boston, a constant of New England winter proliferates: ‘endless’ potholes

It’s peak pothole season in Boston and city workers are delivering the most elementary of city services: making sure the streets are drivable.