The Supreme Judicial Court today overturned a teen's gun convictions because the judge in the case failed to try to figure out what the jury foreperson meant when she approached him and said other jurors were throwing around "discriminating comments" during deliberations. Read more.
Associated Press called the governor's race for Maura Healey at 8:02 p.m. She'll be our first openly queer governor and the first woman elected to the post. Read more.
The Bay State Banner reports on a contentious City Council hearing on the idea of letting civilians get part of the construction detail game, in which the police union president went over his allotted five-minute talk time and so city councilors Kenzie Bok, Kendra Lara and Ruthzee Louijeune walked out until he was done.
WCVB reports a federal lawsuit by now former Twitter employees over how they were let go without the required notification was filed by former attorney-general candidate Shannon Liss-Riordan.
GBH gets comments from the Archdiocese of Boston on Councilor Frank Baker's anti-Protestant assertion about City Council redistricting.
A pilot program by Boston Public Works last winter to dig out busy sidewalk corners, crosswalks and handicap ramps has become permanent and the city will try to expand it to cover more parts of the city, City Councilor Kenzie Bok says. Read more.
The Boston City Council was able to vote on a proposed new map of district council seats yesterday after a Suffolk Superior Court judge rejected a bid by a South Boston man and several South Boston groups to block the effort over alleged open-meeting-law violations by councilors. Read more.
Worrell had trouble completing his request for a hearing
Councilor Brian Worrell (Dorchester, Mattapan) had trouble yesterday getting through a formal reading of his request for a hearing on how Boston needs to increase its efforts to curb gun violence. Read more.
Here's Councilor Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton) responding to Councilor Frank Baker (Dorchester) and his comments accusing her of working to destroy Catholic life in Boston by proposing a council redistricting map that does not follow Dorchester Catholic-parish lines: Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter sums up the changes approved 9-4 by the council today, after the council voted 9-4 against delaying further action and 9-4 against a rival plan. Read more.
Furious Breadon to Baker: How dare you.
Dorchester Councilor Frank Baker today declared full on religious war against Councilor Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton), who is in charge of drawing up a city-council district map. Read more.
Disposed Allston mattress with something to say in 2018. Photo by Roman Lilligren.
A state ban on the disposal of mattresses with your trash went into effect today, although the city of Boston alerted residents it will continue to collect mattresses put out on trash day until Jan. 1, if you insist, although it really wishes you wouldn't. Read more.
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the next full-time job for the former city councilor.
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
The Dorchester Reporter reports (scroll down a bit) that state officials are warning Donnie Palmer that he could be barred from local and state ballots in the future if he doesn't soon file details of the contributions he got in his failed racist campaign to get elected a city councilor last year. Palmer's name will be on the ballot in November as an alleged alternative to US Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
Mayor Wu has vetoed a City Council measure that would have given councilors and her higher raises than she initially proposed. Read more.
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