With more than 40,000 ChromeBooks now delivered and in the hands of students all over Boston, Supt. Brenda Cassellius told the media Boston Public Schools (BPS) are ready to roll out Phase 2 of remote learning that will play out…
Unemployment Data Shows New Claims Are Overwhelmingly from White Residents
For the fourth week in a row, new unemployment claims were lower than the previous week, and new data from the state shows that more than 80 percent of new claims since March 15 came from residents describing themselves as…
Due to COVID-19, Suffolk County Register of Probate Felix Arroyo Hosts Online Fundraiser for Re-Election
For years, Suffolk County Register of Probate Felix Arroyo normally hosts a birthday fundraiser in April but the COVID-19 pandemic has cancelled those plans. However, his son, District 5 Boston City Councilor Rocardo Arroyo has launched an online fundraising effort…
City Council Holds Hearing on Coronavirus Relief Grant
The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Monday regarding a grant from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The Council discussed a “message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of…
Good Government Groups Warn of Power Consolidation by State Legislature
By Jonathan Cohn, Boston Ward 4 Democratic Committee While the world is focused on COVID-19, the Massachusetts House of Representatives proposed new operating rules that advocates say are an attempt to grab power while people are preoccupied. “People are dying,…
CPC Earmarks Three JP Projects to Receive Nearly $2 Million in Grants
By Dan Murphy Three Jamaica Plain projects have been recommended to receive grants totaling nearly $2 million from the fiscal ’20 Community Preservation Funds. The city’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has earmarked a $1.5 million Affordable Housing grant to help…