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In Allston’s Koreatown, the American dream grinds on despite demographic shifts

On Harvard Avenue, a concrete expanse where storefront graffiti is much more commonplace than trees on the sidewalk, generations of Korean families have come to try their hand at success.

Mayor Michelle Wu signs new council district maps

Wu did not make a statement on the new boundaries, but earlier this week praised the council for its “intensive work to reach consensus on a tight timeline.”

In passing Senate budget with key differences from House, it sets up summertime fight

After days of negotiating, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a nearly $56 billion spending plan Thursday for fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1.

Boston police lieutenant facing OUI charge was previously fired, rehired after another incident

John Earley, a 25-year veteran who made more than $211,000 last year, was arrested Sunday and charged with driving under the influence. In 2015, he was involved in an accident and reportedly had been drinking.

North Carolina GOP lawmaker assailed for questioning Black colleague’s Harvard credentials during floor debate
A North Carolina Republican lawmaker has come under fire for asking a Black Democratic colleague who attended Harvard University if he would’ve gotten into the Ivy League school if he wasn’t “a minority” or “an athlete.”

With deadline looming, Boston City Council approves new district map
The council acted with surprisingly little drama, less than a week before a critical deadline for ensuring the fall elections remain on schedule.

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Boston City Council set to vote Wednesday on new district map, with bitter disagreements still unresolved

After more than six hours of confrontational testimony and bitter debate during a hearing Tuesday, it remained unclear exactly what the proposed map will look like, and how much support it will draw from councilors.

Amy Carnevale was elected to clean up the Mass. GOP. She’s got her work cut out for her.

The new party chair knew when she took over in February that her job was to rebuild the party. But even she didn’t realize the scope of the mess she inherited.

Immigration advocates ‘hopeful’ new Healey hires will bring better coordination to migrant response

She’s plucked the new hires from the front lines of dealing with Americas broken immigration system — two heavily involved in nonprofit work and one with more than two decades of experience defending immigrants in court.

Healey picks veteran state lawmaker for new rural affairs director post

Senator Anne Gobi, a Spencer Democrat, will serve as an advocate and ombudsman for economic development in the state’s 160 rural towns.

It started as a promise over Celtics tickets. But for Rachael Rollins, it got a lot more complicated.

A Boston Celtics staffer later sent two free tickets to Rachael Rollins’s personal e-mail with a face value of $350 each, according to the report.

Michelle Wu says Boston is getting close to securing permits to rebuild Long Island Bridge

The mayor also mentioned the possibility of ferries, however.

On Beacon Hill, backroom infighting over committee rules spills into public, reveals simmering House-Senate tension

The bickering has injected a highly unusual level of drama into the typically drab legislative process, and pulls back the curtain on long-simmering tensions between the Massachusetts Legislature’s two chambers.

Boston Common rally protests GOP efforts to force US to default on debt

“You shouldn’t have to demand that the GOP stop extorting American families and yet here we are, less than two weeks from unprecedented catastrophe,” said Representative Katherine Clark, the House Democratic Whip.