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2 days ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
IT’S ROUND 2 for Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Policy Institute. The think tank that repeatedly clashed with City Hall over taxes is out with a follow-up to their report last year that Boston is facing a stormy revenue picture in the years ahead, as remote work has led to a loss in the value of office buildings.
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4 days ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
ON A TREE-LINED STREET in Medford, tucked away inside a strength training gym, there’s an office that’s been doing some heavy lifting in the Boston mayor’s race. The office is the registered home of CP Campaigns, a company that didn’t exist until this past March.
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4 days ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Colin Young |Gintautas Dumcius
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MARCELO GOMES DA SILVA, the Milford High School junior arrested Saturday while on his way to a volleyball practice, was not the target of a federal immigration enforcement investigation and his arrest was the byproduct of Massachusetts’s “sanctuary policies,” federal officials said Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
THE CROWD, gathered inside the Omni Boston hotel in the city’s Seaport district on Tuesday night, represented the various sectors of the Massachusetts economy, from health care and academia to financial services and real estate. As the attendees of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting mingled, talk inevitably turned to what’s happening in Washington, DC.
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3 weeks ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
FOUR YEARS AGO around this time, mayoral candidates in Boston and elsewhere found themselves staring at computer screens and pitching themselves to voters who were considering who should succeed Marty Walsh as the city’s next chief executive.
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3 weeks ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
THE BOSTON City Hall attorney running against his boss, Mayor Michelle Wu, has been placed on administrative leave. John F. Houton, the assistant corporation counsel who jumped into the mayoral race earlier this month, said his superiors put him on administrative leave on Friday. City officials also told him that they were looking to hire outside counsel to sort out whether it was possible for him to mount a campaign, according to Houton.
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4 weeks ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
DIANNE WILKERSON, the former state senator who now works at a financially struggling Boston nursing home, defended her salary after a Superior Court judge raised concerns. A year ago, after the Benjamin Healthcare Center was placed into receivership to avoid closing the long-term care facility, the court-appointed receiver hired Wilkerson as his executive assistant. But her role at the facility, located in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, has come under scrutiny over the last several months.
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1 month ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
A DOZEN PEOPLE have expressed interest in taking on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as she runs for a second term. An attorney who works for her is among them. John F. Houton, who lives in the city’s South End and often walks to work, has been employed as an attorney for Boston City Hall for nearly 20 years.
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1 month ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
RENTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS can now petition the courts to seal their eviction records online after a waiting period. The waiting period depends on the type of case and its outcome. Sealing the records means consumer reporting agencies cannot use the records in tenant background checks, allowing a fresh start. The record-sealing ability is the result of a law that was included as part of the Affordable Homes Act, signed last August by Gov.
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1 month ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Gintautas Dumcius
MBTA OFFICIALS have been weighing how to approach the next contract for the operations and maintenance of the commuter rail while also modernizing the system, which serves 550,000 passengers every week. They plan to roll out the details of their decision to companies potentially interested in bidding on the contract at a meeting inside the state transportation building in downtown Boston later this month.
