City officials broke ground in East Boston on Wednesday on a $30 million police station — the first new police facility in almost a decade, officials said. Mayor Martin J….
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On Tuesday, I gave my annual speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. It’s a tradition going back many years for the mayor to address the business community. It’s…
By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff Acknowledging a worsening opioid epidemic taking hold in the city, Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration is set Friday to launch Mass and Cass 2.0,…
Officials say more than 30k units permitted Yawu Miller is the Banner’s senior editor. Real estate development is continuing apace in Boston, with new construction pushing deeper into the city’s…
BOSTON – The State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its annual report tracking student achievement this week. In Boston, the state’s largest district, roughly a third of the…
By Robert Weisman Globe Staff In increasingly woke Boston, some call it the last socially acceptable bias. But now city officials are challenging ageism in a multimedia campaign that seeks…
Mayor Martin Walsh last week announced the City of Boston will reactivate the Human Rights Commission. The Commission will be led by Executive Director Evandro Carvalho, an attorney who served…
By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff On a rainy, end-of-summer August evening at the Local 103 IBEW headquarters on Freeport Street last Wednesday, more than over 250 Boston Public School students…
By Mayor Marty Walsh Thank you, Yohan. I’m proud of you and all the Operation Exit graduates. Since we created this program in our Office of Public Safety, in partnership…
By Joe Mathieu and Brendan Deady On a humid night in the middle of July, Boston Police Commissioner William Gross stepped up to a lectern and put on his hat,…