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For three months, Route 28 bus will be free, Janey says

Acting Mayor Kim Janey is hoping a free ride will give her a lift to the polls. Janey on Monday announced a three-month pilot program that eliminates fares on the Route 28 bus that connects the neighborhoods of Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury. The city is paying for the program with $500,000. The f…
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NARAL SHAKEUP — House tees up SPORTS BETTING — Cape COVID CLUSTER g...

NARAL SHAKEUP — House tees up SPORTS BETTING — Cape COVID CLUSTER grows  Politico
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Few efforts to derail WU TRAIN — BAKER lays out federal COVID relie...

Few efforts to derail WU TRAIN — BAKER lays out federal COVID relief spending plan — Where is JANEY'S REPORT on PATRICK ROSE?  Politico
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Mayoral candidates sound off on Seaport as 'playground for the...

The five major mayoral candidates on Thursday laid out how they would handle coronavirus-driven changes to the Greater Boston economy and avoid creating another neighborhood like the Seaport. The candidates appeared before nearly 150 people inside the Dorchester offices of the North Atlantic States …
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After Santiago leaves the field, Arroyos endorse Janey

City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo, along with his father, who serves as Suffolk County’s register of probate, on Thursday offered their formal backing to Acting Mayor Kim Janey. The Hyde Park councillor’s endorsement isn’t much of a surprise: Arroyo has been among Janey’s allies on the Boston City Coun…
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Pressley: US needs to prioritize security, stability for Haiti

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said today that the US should take steps to prevent further destabilization of Haiti after the country’s president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated last week. “There are many urgent needs and multiple layers of trauma there,” Pressley said. “What we need to prioritize rig…
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As redistricting looms, Pressley’s district is in the spotlight

Change is coming to Ayanna Pressley’s majority-minority Congressional district, less than three years after she beat out Michael Capuano for the seat to become the first Black woman sent to Capitol Hill by Massachusetts voters. What that change will look like is up to lawmakers at the State House, w…

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In JP, Janey opens campaign office, looks ‘beyond election cycle’

Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Saturday rallied supporters at her new Jamaica Plain campaign office in her bid to win a full four-year term as the city’s chief executive. In a squat one-story building on Centre Street, next to a cannabis shop and behind a Whole Foods market, dozens of supporters geared u…
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Barros picks up support from Dorchester veteran

John Barros, a mayoral candidate and former top City Hall official, has garnered support from Dan Magoon, a Dorchester veteran who heads up a nonprofit focused on Gold Star families. Barros, who served as former Mayor Marty Walsh’s chief of economic development, is one of six major candidates runnin…
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With mayoral race as backdrop, City Council battles over budget

Chicago’s Saul Bellow once wrote, “City politics are comic opera.” But in Boston at this time, they’re more like the pages of a comic book as the slugfests outnumber the arias. Last week’s City Council meeting featured bits of both, as councillors maneuvered to approve their version of Acting Mayor …
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Highlighting 100 days as acting mayor, Janey draws Campbell’s fire

Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who is running for a full four-year term, sought to highlight 100 days in the executive suite. The move drew flack from one of her five rivals, District 4 Councillor Andrea Campbell, who said the effort was aimed at spotlighting Janey’s candidacy more than her tenure. In a sp…
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LEGISLATURE takes its time on REOPENING, VOTE BY MAIL — New POLICIN...

LEGISLATURE takes its time on REOPENING, VOTE BY MAIL — New POLICING guidance — MARKEY: No climate, no deal  Politico
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Mayoral forum puts the focus on Newmarket

The six major mayoral candidates on Tuesday laid out their plans for dealing with homelessness and economic development in the city’s Newmarket area, an industrial neighborhood that is also a hub for addiction and recovery services. The Newmarket Business Association, the South End Forum, Dudley Str…
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Housing report pitches universal basic income

The success behind stimulus payments and unemployment benefits during the height of the pandemic underscores the need for expanding income assistance and a shift towards universal basic income, according to a new report from the Boston Foundation. The concept of periodic payments to all individuals …
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Globe/Suffolk poll: Wu, Janey lead Boston mayoral field

City Councillor Michelle Wu and Acting Mayor Kim Janey top the poll of likely Sept. 14 preliminary voters released Tuesday by the Boston Globe and Suffolk University. Surveyed on their first choice for the top job in City Hall, 23.4 percent said Wu had their vote. Janey received 21.6 percent. City C…
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Two mayoral forums set for Tuesday

Boston’s mayoral candidates are in for a forum-filled Tuesday, with one in the early morning and another in the evening. Local civic and business group leaders are hosting a forum Tuesday morning with the six mayoral candidates. The Newmarket Business Association, the South End Forum, DSNI, Pine Str…
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Boston mayoral POLL PENDING — ROLLINS vs WALSH — More HOLYOKE SOLDI...

Boston mayoral POLL PENDING — ROLLINS vs WALSH — More HOLYOKE SOLDIERS' HOME questions  Politico
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Hotel workers form super PAC to back Janey in mayor’s race

Another super PAC has entered the Boston mayoral race. Hotel and food workers have formed a super PAC to bolster Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who was endorsed by their union, UNITE HERE Local 26. The outside group hopes to raise at least $500,000 this year, according to a spokesperson. The super PAC’s ch…
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Here’s what Gov. Baker had to say about the Boston mayoral race

When Gov. Charlie Baker sailed to reelection in 2018, he nearly won the city of Boston, a bastion of Democrats. Baker and his fellow Republican, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, came in just 3,897 votes (49 percent) behind Democrats Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey (51 percent), winning a second four-year ter…
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Janey seeks applicants for 2 school panel seats

Acting Mayor Kim Janey is looking for applicants to fill two seats on the city’s seven-member school committee left vacant after a pair of resignations earlier this month. Committee chair Alexandra Oliver-Davila and member Lorna Rivera resigned after the publication of two text messages between the …
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Developer pares residential plan for South Bay, Newmarket

The developer behind a proposal to overhaul 1.3 acres and add three new buildings behind Dorchester’s South Bay shopping area has pulled back on building heights and housing density. The project’s total number of planned residential units now stands at 196, down from 236 in the original proposal, an…