Proponents of reviving rent control in Massachusetts returned Tuesday to making their case to the state Legislature, where Democratic leaders remain skeptical of erasing the state’s three-decade ban.
State Rep. Liz Miranda, a Roxbury native and the daughter of Cape Verdean immigrants, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary to succeed state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, besting another state representative, a former federal housing official, and a longtime seat holder seeking a comeback. With no Republican candidate expected in November, Miranda is set to take office as the next senator
Summer in the city during election season means endorsements up and down the ballot. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, who eschewed them during last year’s mayoral preliminary, this week gave her nod to several top Democrats facing challengers in the Sept. 6 primary, announcing the following endorsements: Andrea Campbell, a former colleague on the Boston City Council who is now
With long-rising housing costs, some Massachusetts officials are urging a renewed look at bringing rent control, in some form, back to the Bay State. That debate reached the Democratic gubernatorial primary race last week, after Attorney General and race front-runner Maura Healey suggested on Friday that she would oppose changing state law to restore the […]
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