Mike Kennealy hails from the moderate era of Republicans in Massachusetts. After a career in private equity, he worked for two terms under former Gov. Charlie Baker and has a track record closely tied to the former governor. Kennealy also had a hand in some Baker-era policies that have since become controversial in the party.
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The fiction podcast tells the story of 12-year-old Joule Watts-Green, who accidentally steps through her mom's time machine into an unrecognizable Boston, where floods and storms have destroyed the city....
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A tail wind helped propel runners from Hopkinton to Boston, with the men's champion breaking a 15-year-old course record by more than one minute.
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The ride is celebrating its 251st anniversary. It is considered a critical moment in the early days of the American Revolution.
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Gov. Maura Healey will now appoint all members of a reformed Cannabis Control Commission. She signed a bill Sunday that included several changes to Massachusetts' marijuana industry.
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Fultz won the Boston Marathon on a day when temperatures neared 100 degrees. He's serving as the race's grand marshal this year.
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From racing to art making to a colonial fair, here are seven fun things to do with kids around Greater Boston while school's out for April vacation.
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