School closures have left thousands of parents scrambling for child care, including the families of the 415 Boston students who attend Newton schools through Metco more than any other district in the program.
The current NHL players union head has dropped more than $240,000 in campaign cash this year, spreading donations to dozens of nonprofits, sports organizations, and other groups. None of it, Walsh said, is politically driven.
Amid promises to tackle the mushrooming emergency in child care, state leaders are facing a renewed push to allow Massachusetts political candidates to spend their own campaign funds to help cover such costs while they run for office.
The race to replace Jon Santiago, who left his 9th Suffolk House seat for a Healey administration post, is underway. Anchored in the South End, the House district’s boundaries stretch down past the South Bay shopping plaza, all the way to Columbia Road. Santiago, a major in the US Army reserve who first won the seat in 2018, resigned several weeks ago to become Gov. Maura