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Segun Idowu, Mayor Michelle Wu’s chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, told city councilors a guaranteed income program is one of many tools the city is considering to attack poverty, an issue he said needs to be addressed urgently.

A guaranteed basic income for Boston’s poor? Officials consider the idea.

With about 18 percent of city residents living below the poverty line, Boston officials are mulling the implementation of a temporary guaranteed income program for the city’s poor.

Latino children are more likely to enter foster care in Massachusetts than any other state
One out of 20 Hispanic children in Massachusetts are involved in the state's child welfare system.

Effort aims for greater equity in the state’s fractured public health system
A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would make new public health standards law.

For some families, the right to shelter isn’t a right at all

Each year, the state formally denies hundreds of families seeking a temporary place to stay. Many more seek emergency shelter but never complete an application.

Brookline banned anyone born this century from buying tobacco in town. The rule is ‘clever,’ but is it legal?
Currently, no one born in the 21st century or thereafter is allowed to buy tobacco in the Boston suburb of 60,000 people after Town Meeting voters adopted a first-in-the-nation bylaw in 2020.

BPD report states officer driving Mayor Wu ‘did contribute’ to June crash
A Boston police captain’s new report diverged from an earlier department finding about the circumstances of the crash.

OxyContin maker’s settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it’s up to the Supreme Court.
The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped spark, but that does not mean all the victims are satisfied.

Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire memorial to break ground Sunday during ceremony marking 81st anniversary
A committee honoring the victims of the 1942 fire that broke out inside Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, killing nearly 500 people, will break ground on a memorial to those lost in the tragedy during a ceremony Sunday afternoon to mark the 81st anniversary of the devastating blaze.

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State Auditor Diana DiZoglio holds a “Do Your Job” sign during a rally Monday with labor unions pushing lawmakers to pass a supplemental spending bill.

DiZoglio’s push to audit Legislature has enough signatures to move toward 2024 ballot, supporters say

A group aligned with state Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Tuesday that it has collected more than 100,000 signatures, far above the threshold needed to push an initiative closer to the 2024 ballot that would expressly grant the Democrat’s office the power to audit the Legislature. 3:47 p.m.

Last year President Biden spoke during a visit with firefighters on Thanksgiving Day at the Nantucket Fire Department.

President Biden to celebrate Thanksgiving, continue birthday festivities with coconut cake on Nantucket

President Biden, who turned 81 on Monday, will spend Thanksgiving on the island with his family, as he does every year. 12:53 p.m.

The burial and folding of the flag ceremony for President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 25, 1963. Photograph includes: (right side, front to back) Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Shriver, Patricia Lawford, Jean Smith, Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery Jack Meltzer, (front row middle to right) President of West Germany Heinrich Luebbe, General Charles de Gaulle of France, Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie, President of the Philippines Diosdado Macapagal, and mourners.

Flag draped over President John F. Kennedy’s coffin to be displayed at JFK Library on 60th anniversary of his assassination

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Near armed security, a view of cots that were set up by National Guard seen through the crack of a conference room doorway.

Mass. to house migrant homeless families in MBTA, Department of Transportation office building

In an email to staff Monday morning obtained by the Globe, MBTA general manager Phillip Eng announced that the rooms in the state transportation building at will serve as a “short-term shelter” for around 25 families. 12:24 p.m.

One of the 18 crosses representing victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

In the aftermath of Lewiston mass shooting, Maine grapples with gun laws

History shows that legislative responses to mass shootings yield mixed results, with some states passing sweeping reforms and others taking little action at all. 7:43 a.m.

Dave Foley, president of SEIU Local 509, spoke to public employee union members at a rally in front of the State House.

‘Do your job!’ Frustration builds as Legislature’s talks on spending bill drag on.

Lawmakers negotiating a wide-ranging spending bill faced pressure to act on multiple fronts Monday, with labor leaders adding to the calls for a compromise while the influx of migrants remained an urgent issue. 5:39 p.m.

Preparations took place for the second presidential debate at Belmont University on Oct. 21, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.

2024 presidential general election debates are planned for September and October

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