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Lawsuit seeks to put business owners and labor unions on equal campaign finance footing

BOSTON – The era of Big Labor dominance in Massachusetts politics may soon be over. Earlier this month, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Linda Giles heard arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the privileged place of unions under current Massachusetts campaign finance law. Current law allows unincorporated groups, such as labor

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Mayor Walsh announces update on plan to house homeless veterans

BOSTON — Following up on his commitment to end veterans homelessness by the end of 2015, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Thursday that 367 homeless veterans have been housed since his Administration launched the program in July 2014. "No veteran should have to sleep on the street, and Boston is

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City announces revamped “Emerge” Boston Arts Festival

BOSTON – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the annual Boston Arts (Ahts) Festival will be re-imagined as Emerge, a one-day celebration of local arts and culture. The Festival will highlight Boston's ever-changing and emerging identity as a vibrant city with a thriving local art scene. The name

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Walsh seeks ban of chewing tobacco at sports venues

Written by Philip Marcelo BOSTON (AP) — From Fenway Park to youth baseball fields, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city.