Dennis White, who was sworn in as Boston police commissioner after the sudden retirement of William Gross, has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation into domestic assault allegations...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s appointment as labor secretary in President Joe Biden’s cabinet is likely to leave a rare, open mayoral race in a city where an incumbent mayor hasn’t lost in 72 years....

Enbridge Inc., an international energy transportation company, announced in October 2020 the delayed beginning of operation of the gas compressor station in Weymouth. This announcement came after the station...

William Gross will retire this Friday, Jan. 29, after being appointed August of 2018 as Boston’s first Black police commissioner, Mayor Walsh announced Thursday morning.  Dennis White currently serves...

Aug. 15 is a day that Aria Carpenter will never forget. With her fellow workers supporting her, she staged a walkout at Brookline’s Good Vibrations, a sex toy retailer focused on sex-positive education...

City Council President Kim Janey is in position to become the first Black person and first woman to serve as mayor of Boston.  According to Boston’s city charter, Janey’s position as council president...

In the middle of the January cold, Erika Uyterhoeven sat with the 27th Middlesex District’s former state representative Denise Provost at Somerville’s Armory Café, engaging in what would become a...

Massachusetts is on track to reach its goal of cutting annual statewide emissions to 70.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide this year, experts say. This year’s goal, mandated by the 2008 Global...

A severe decline in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the MBTA to reconfigure how it operates under substantial budget cuts — leaving frequent riders skeptical of the already unreliable...

Dr. Robyn Riseberg is addressing Boston’s health inequities by trying something new. On Nov. 16, the pediatrician celebrated the opening of Boston Community Pediatrics, the first nonprofit pediatric...

Born and raised in Worcester, Rep. David LeBoeuf serves as the state representative for the 17th Worcester District. After taking office in 2018, the 31-year-old –– a Democrat and one of the youngest...

On Nov. 11, local elected officials, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain residents, among others, gathered at the Heath Street station in front of Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center to rally against the MBTA service...