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Marty Martinez.

Marty Martinez, who has guided Boston’s pandemic response, is leaving his Cabinet post

Martinez, a fixture at pandemic-related City Hall announcements and news conferences since COVID’s emergence in March 2020 and a crucial figure in shaping the city’s policy response to the public health emergency, made the announcement in a Monday e-mail.

Boston announces free COVID-19 rapid tests, larger vaccine clinics for hard-hit neighborhoods

The city will be providing 20,000 free rapid antigen home tests as well as free masks to communities with the highest rates of COVID-19 and high barriers to purchasing test kits on their own, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, announced Monday.

Mayor Wu says there is no timeline for Mass. and Cass tent removal

“We are working as quickly as possible," the mayor said of her administration's plans to move people living in the tent encampments around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard to transitional housing sites across the city.

Nonprofit launches ‘Black City Hall’ to address gaps in access to critical services

The Community Communications Center, launched by Next Leadership Development Corporation, enables Black Bostonians to ask for help with everything from securing food assistance to scheduling a COVID-19 booster shot or repairing their credit.

Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito spoke about their decision not to run for reelection.
Baker and Polito’s decision to exit is another blow to the struggling Massachusetts GOP
The once-formidable Republican Party in Massachusetts, now splintered into hostile factions, risks ceding the state entirely to Democrats.

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins, photographed in her office.
Rollins is one step closer to being confirmed as the state’s next US attorney. Here’s what happens next
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins still needs a final vote by the full Senate to be confirmed. If and when that happens, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker would appoint her replacement, who would serve more than a year still left in Rollins’s term.

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Matthew Fruzzetti ate a bowl of cereal outside his makeshift hut at New Market Square near the in the area known as known as Mass. and Cass on Dec. 3. He said he has been working with a case worker from the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, and would be willing to move into suitable housing. He recognized that he and others should be in their own homes. "I'm homeless and a drug addict, but other people have it a lot worse down here," he said. Mayor Michelle Wu has drafted plans to begin moving people living in the tent encampments in the area known as Mass. and Cass, the heart of the city’s opioid crisis, to transitional housing sites across the city.

Mayor Wu drafts immediate plan to move people from Mass. and Cass to new housing

The plans, coming just weeks after Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city was pausing tent removals in the area, would aim to move those living in the encampments to as many as 200 transitional housing units in various neighborhoods, according to advocates.

Rachael Rollins is facing strong opposition from Republicans, but they may not have the numbers to stop her.

Rollins edges closer to being confirmed as the next US attorney for Massachusetts following narrow Senate vote

The 50-47 vote along party lines cleared a key hurdle in one of the more bitter partisan fights over a Biden administration nominee. Rachael Rollins still needs a final vote by the full Senate to be confirmed.

The Massachusetts State House, still closed and mostly inactive.

Revealed in dark of night and passed hours later in nearly empty chamber, Mass. House moves $4 billion bill toward governor

The sweeping spending legislation promises hundreds of millions of dollars for everything from housing to workforce training to Massachusetts’ health care system.

"The main reason we’re choosing to make the decision we made is because we want to focus on the work,” Governor Charlie Baker said of his decision.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker says he won’t seek reelection

The Republican, who maintained the enduring support of his blue-state constituents through boom times, the Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 pandemic, will not seek a third term in 2022, he said Wednesday.

The governor's office is up for grabs with Charlie Baker's announcement that he won't run next year.

Maura Healey? Marty Walsh? With Baker out, who might run for governor of Massachusetts?

Among the hopefuls who could join the four major candidates already in the race: the state’s attorney general and a former Boston mayor.

City Councilor Ed Flynn.

Flynn says he has the support to become Boston City Council president

Ed Flynn, a district councilor from South Boston, announced Wednesday that he has enough support to become the body’s president in January.

Boston City Hall.

Boston appeals judge’s decision overturning citywide eviction moratorium

The City of Boston on Wednesday appealed a judge’s decision knocking down a local eviction moratorium, saying that opening the floodgates to evictions amid the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic “would be disastrous.”

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.

Watch live: Baker speaks after announcing he won’t run for reelection

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