After weeks of infighting, councilors voted to reallocate $11.8 million of Wu’s $4.9 billion budget through two amendment packages. Though the proposed changes make up just 0.2% of the total budget, Wu said city workers are likely to be affected.
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Scotland play two of their three opening round World Cup matches in Boston. That means, for the next week or so, there'll be kilts as far as the eye can...
The report said the system has long been in need of reform and that issues were not properly addressed after last year's work stoppage, when public defenders refused to accept...
Amendments the council approved amount to less than 0.2% of Wu’s spending plan, but that hasn’t stopped councilors from publicly fighting each other over the process for weeks. The budget,...
Boston bars and restaurants can apply for a one-hour extension of their license to serve alcohol, as late as 3 a.m., through the end of July.
Due to the emerging public health threat, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein tasked medical providers with notifying the state about new alpha-gal syndrome diagnoses. Lab results have shown high or...
Physicians and former prisoners want inmates to have access to continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps and better diabetes education while incarcerated.
The Massachusetts governor touched on her expectations for the World Cup and her administration's approach to artificial inteligence — but is keeping her hands off the state's Senate primary between...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joins WBUR's Morning Edition.
Around Massachusetts, communities are planting a wilderness-worth of trees into tiny areas according to the Miyawaki method. Devotees say it turbocharges biodiversity and brings environmental benefits, such as enriching soil,...
This shift follows the 2024 launch of free community college in Massachusetts and comes amid growing skepticism nationwide about the value of higher education.
Bryan Stevenson has spent years fighting for people on death row and juveniles sentenced to life in prison. Today, he continues that legal work, and on a recent visit to...
Boston Public Schools can fine Transdev $500 for each instance a bus is more than an hour late for pick-up or doesn't appear, according to the most recent contract. In...
“ Success on this scale is only possible when law enforcement and prosecutors at every level come together with one shared mission,” said Geoffrey Noble, colonel of the Massachusetts State...
Juneteenth falls on a Friday this year. The holiday commemorates the date back in 1865 — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation — when Union troops arrived in...
The World Cup kicks off this week, bringing the global sensation to 16 host cities in North America, including Boston. We've mapped all of the watch parties happening across the...
Healey wants to crack down on non-compete agreements that limit workers' ability to leave their job and go work for a rival firm.
Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill Monday that temporarily allows public drinking zones and last calls as late as 3 a.m. this summer in Massachusetts. But it's up to individual...
With Boston serving as a World Cup host city, educators are capitalizing on the global moment to make it a learning opportunity for kids.
In the Huntington's "Eureka Day" a school prides itself on inclusivity and consensus-building. But when a mumps outbreak forces the community to take a stance on vaccine policy, good intentions...
Frank fought for civil rights, affordable housing and women’s rights, Rep. Jim McGovern said at the service. And he fought for gay rights, "not only because he was gay, but...
Colonists debated freedom and democracy over beers at taverns like Boston's Green Dragon. The tavern hosted secret meetings where Paul Revere and others organized rebellion — including the Boston Tea...
Wood died Sunday at age 92 after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island, according to police. Wood wrote many prize-winning books...
In the wake of last year’s tragic Boston school bus crash, WBUR and ProPublica began taking a closer look at Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s database and found that its...
Harvard University psychiatrist and author Robert Coles has died at 97. He was famed for documenting the needs of children, particularly those caught in the crucible of social upheaval.
A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health says the declining trend mirrors data unfolding nationally.
Cog editor Cloe Axelson interviewed two bar owners -- Jason Waddleton, of The Haven, and Liz Nicol, of Drawdown Brewery -- about their plans for the world's biggest sporting event,...
Queer History Boston has been documenting LGBTQ+ history in the state since 1980 — from photos to ephemera to digital records. To kick off Pride Month, Joan Ilacqua, executive director...
Over the past year, President Trump has sought to scrub national monuments, museums, parks and other historical sites of markers that the administration claims cast the country's "founding principles and...