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FBI raided Fitchburg home of one-time congressional candidate, former state senator Dean Tran

The search comes as the Republican former lawmaker faces six charges in a separate related to a 2019 incident in which he allegedly stole a gun from an elderly constituent and misled investigators about what happened.

The Kings’ newlywed home in South End recognized with state marker

An official marker honoring the civil rights leaders was unveiled Thursday at 396 Northampton St.

Following a national trend, Mass. got a little bit grayer in 2022

The three oldest states in the US were found in New England.

Healey’s $14 billion capital investment plan includes brand-new affordable housing program

The HousingWorks program will spur the production of 200 to 300 new units of affordable housing each year, according to Governor Maura Healey’s office.

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N.H. GOP group hosting Trump next week ‘disappointed in DeSantis’ for scheduling dueling event
The group, which is hosting former president Donald Trump at its annual Lilac Luncheon, asked that the DeSantis campaign reschedule his town hall event scheduled for the same time just 40 miles south.

Healey created a nonprofit to bankroll her transition into office. But, the donors are secret, and so is how much they gave her.
Advisers to the governor have declined to provide details about the group, known as Healey-Driscoll Transition, Inc., including the names of its donors, a full accounting of its expenses, or how much it has raised to date.

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Campaign materials for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a campaign stop in South Carolina earlier this month.

Promising $100 million operation to beat Trump, DeSantis super PAC founder hits Massachusetts to gin up donors

Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former homeland security official in the Trump administration, pitched his PAC and the Florida governor to conservative activists and businesspeople in Boston on Wednesday. 6:28 p.m.

The proposal at Shattuck Hospital calls for 326 treatment beds, 200 units of permanent supportive housing for individuals, 120 emergency housing beds, and 205 more residential units of family and supportive housing.

At Shattuck Hospital, a proposal for 400-plus units of supportive housing

In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid and homelessness crises in Greater Boston, officials on announced plans to put supportive housing at Shattuck Hospital in Boston’s Franklin Park. 11:01 a.m.

Governor Maura Healey, center, waves to spectators while marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston in March.

Healey will travel to Ireland for first trade mission as governor

The governor address Irish lawmakers on the 30th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country and meet with business leaders over several days in Dublin. 6:23 p.m.

Boston Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune, the Harvard-educated lawyer who managed to push a compromise redistricting map through the dysfunctional City Council.

Redistricting drama threw Boston City Council into chaos. Enter Ruthzee Louijeune.

When she took over the redistricting process, her colleagues were bickering. After two weeks, four map proposals, five marathon hearings, and countless personal attacks, Louijeune passed a new version of the map 10–2. 5:42 a.m.

Patrons conversed outside of Sligo Pub, a dive bar in Davis Square, which closed after 75 years.

What does the death of a dive bar say about Somerville?

Much like Sligo Pub, the old version Somerville is no more. The city has become in some ways a victim of its own success. 8:40 p.m.

Wu rejects City Council’s budget plan that would slash money to police, veterans services

Mayor Michelle Wu vetoed those changes Friday, sending the operating budget back to the council, which will need a two-thirds majority to override the mayor’s vetoes. 1:49 p.m.

“These men and women have been carrying the burden of their convictions and dealing with consequences far beyond their legal sentences,” Governor Maura Healey said.

Healey recommends seven pardons for decades-old crimes ranging from drug possession to arson

The governor's recommendations are believed to be the most proposed pardons by a first-year governor in 40 years. 6:47 p.m.

Councilor Julia Mejia, right, focused on Boston City Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune as Boston City Council voted on a revised redistricting map.

Boston’s new district map likely to stand, attorneys indicate

Boston’s new political map looks most likely to stand, leaving the city on schedule for its elections this fall, after the attorneys who sued to block an earlier set of the boundaries indicated Thursday they are “unlikely” to try to obstruct the latest attempt. 5:15 p.m.