Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday the launch of CityScore, an initiative that will allow city officials to quickly track and improve the City of Boston’s performance in everyday life. CityScore, the first of its kind, is a data-based system that collects various metrics from city departments each day and scores them based upon Boston’s performance goal or the city’s […]
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh delivered his second State of the City Address Tuesday to a full audience at Boston Symphony Hall. This address marked the halfway point in his first term as mayor. Walsh spoke after brief musical and vocal performances from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Hawthorne Quartet, the English High School marching band, the Boston Arts Academy Spiritual Ensemble, readings […]
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole denied a motion for a new trial for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday afternoon, while ordering Tsarnaev to pay more than $101 million in restitution to the victims of the bombing. Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, explained the importance of requesting a new trial and essential role it plays in the appeal […]
Following an announcement that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority may discontinue late-night service, a public meeting was held Tuesday to discuss the decision with the public. Approximately 30 members of the Boston community attended to share their thoughts with Charles Planck, assistant general manager of the MBTA. Planck began the meeting by introducing the reasons behind the talks of abandoning […]
After more than three years of consideration, General Electric is relocating its headquarters to Boston, according to a Wednesday press release from the office of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. The move will begin in the summer of 2016 and will be completed by 2018, when the company will anchor its headquarters in Boston’s Seaport District. Employees will be assisted in […]
Following a Jan. 12 review of Massachusetts’ criminal justice system, The Council of State Governments confirmed that two in five people released from the Commonwealth’s prisons are freed without the supervision of a parole or probation officer. The review was run by a Steering Committee comprised of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Senate President Stan Rosenberg, House […]
Following a competitive City Council race in Nov. 2015, Mayor Martin Walsh inaugurated Andrea Campbell and Annissa Essaibi George into Boston City Council office outside Faneuil Hall Monday. Campbell and Essaibi George were sworn in alongside nine district councilors, as well as returning At-Large councilors Ayanna Pressley and Michelle Wu, the newly elected Council President. Campbell, the District 4 City […]
In response to a recent decision to equip Northeastern University police officers with semi-automatic rifles, City Councilors Josh Zakim and Tito Jackson wrote a letter Thursday to the president of the university criticizing the Northeastern Police Department. The letter called for open communication between the Northeastern Police Department and its surrounding community, which includes Roxbury and Mission Hill. The letter […]
Following an inbound Red Line train’s departure from Braintree Station without an operator, officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority held a press conference Thursday afternoon to brief the public on circumstances surrounding the incident. At approximately 6:08 Thursday morning, the Red Line train left the station without an operator and failed to stop […]
Following an outbreak of norovirus symptoms among Boston College students, a graduate student at Boston University became ill Sunday after eating at a Chipotle restaurant located in Cleveland Circle in Brighton. Sara Safranek, a graduate student in the School of Education at BU, said she ate chicken tacos and tortilla chips at Chipotle on Friday and felt symptoms Sunday morning. “I started […]
