Transgender individuals are legally guaranteed equal access to all public spaces and facilities after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a law banning discrimination against transgender people on Friday, July 8. The signing came after months of political wrangling in the State House and more than a decade of advocacy and debate over transgender rights in the state.
Fare changes for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) proposed in March went into effect earlier this week, changing the cost of commuter services for the Boston T and bus systems.
By Catherine Lindsay, news correspondent
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Puppy Lab aims to combat rising stress levels due to final exams in the month of May.
The Puppy Lab offers therapy dogs for students to pet for relief. Stephanie Ku, a 24-year-old MIT-Harvard...
Some Massachusetts lawmakers are backing a bill to extend the state’s hotel tax to short-term rentals, including vacation homes and rooms rented through companies like Airbnb.
A line of shirts hung in both bright and muted colors, red next to white next to gray. A sign explained that this was called the Clothesline Project, where people who were victims of sexual violence could tell their stories or open a dialogue on sexual assault and rape. One statistic on a shirt read that one in four women and one in seven men are victims of sexual violence over the course of their life.
When most people look at an atlas of the world, the question of gender, specifically whether women are fairly represented in such atlases, never crosses their mind; but for Joni Seager, the disproportion is obvious.
By Rowan Walrath and Liam Hofmeister, news staff
The Boston City Council voted 10-3 on Wednesday, March 23 in favor of a six-year extension on the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) urban renewal powers through 2022, a compromise between the original 10-year term requested...
Historic maps, letters and other artifacts adorn the Boston Public Library’s (BPL) Norman B. Leventhal Map Center in a new exhibition that opened Saturday, April 2.
Senior business student and Entrepreneurs Club president Benjamin Bungert was named earlier this month to the 2016 Mayor’s ONEin3 council, an advisory group composed of students and young professionals in the city. Since its inception in 2004, the program has worked with the Boston Redevelopment Authority on wide-ranging issues including public transportation, student housing and the burgeoning small business scene in Boston.
In the wake of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) created an interest-free loan program to encourage Massachusetts cities to replace lead water lines with newer, safer pipes.
After the Massachusetts State House passed new legislation regulating ride-sharing companies on Wednesday, March 9, ride-sharing companies and taxi groups are dissatisfied with the compromises.
