By Adam Swift Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 for the presidential primary. Early voting for the primaries in the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties began last Saturday, and will continue at Revere City Hall this Thursday and Friday at Revere City Hall. Voting will be open in
Boston City Council elected Councilor at-large Ruthzee Louijeune as its new president Monday, as the city's governing body swore in its newest members.
A seemingly innocuous holiday party is not usually headline news, but this week’s gathering for a local “Electeds of Color” group went viral after an e-mail gaffe for the soiree.
Rats run rampant through the streets of Boston. This pest problem is not new, but Boston residents continue to grow frustrated. Orkin’s 2023 Most Rat-Infested Cities list ranked Boston as the thirteenth rattiest city in the country. Now, the president of the Boston City Council, Edward “Ed” Flynn, is trying to make a difference. Flynn.
The initiative seeks to allow immigrants who are not US citizens but live and pay taxes in Boston to participate in municipal elections. The sponsors say that immigrants with “legal status” constitute more than a quarter of Boston’s population and pay on average $2.3 billion in taxes annually.