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Marjorie Decker and Evan MacKay defend positions in final House Rep debate
The final debate between state Rep. Marjorie Decker and Evan MacKay drew a capacity crowd to Street Theory Collective on Tuesday night in Central Square, with close to 150 people gathered in the art gallery among prints and installations. Read more Summer farmers markets are in full swing Affordability and economic revitalization were significant themes […]
Social justice heats up second debate between Decker and MacKay
Social justice was the key issue in a debate between state Rep. Marjorie Decker and challenger Evan MacKay at the Cambridge Community Center on Thursday. The event was preceded by a moment of silence for Xavier Bautista, who was shot and killed near Sennott Park on the Fourth of July. Read more Lawsuit against Copper […]
Connolly, Miller mostly agree to agree about Beacon Hill
It was more civil discussion than contentious debate. State Rep. Mike Connolly and his challenger Neil Miller largely agreed on the transparency and accountability problems in the Massachusetts legislature and even how to solve them. Their most striking difference was aesthetic: their heights (Connolly is 6’8”, Miller more than a foot shorter). Read more Somerville, […]
Meet the candidates: Brownsberger and Lander emphasize similar issues, different approaches
Will Brownsberger is one of the most powerful politicians on Beacon Hill. Daniel Lander had never run for office before deciding to challenge Brownsberger, who was elected to the state Senate in 2014 after six years in the House. Read more ShotSpotter was unlikely to pick up July 4 gunfire Both are campaigning on the […]
So far, so fun for Cambridge’s version of Bourbon Street
From the Tartan Army to the Tall Ships, Cambridge is a prime beneficiary of the legislative mouthful called the Act Authorizing Municipalities to Opt-In to a Temporary Pilot to Extend the Hours of Liquor Licenses and to Allow for Public Consumption in Designated Districts in Summer 2026. Maybe we can just call it Bourbon Street […]
Lander lands Warren endorsement in race against Brownsberger
Daniel Lander touted a significant endorsement of his campaign for Massachusetts State Senate in the Suffolk and Middlesex District, announcing that Sen. Elizabeth Warren had backed him over incumbent state Sen. William Brownsberger. (Disclosure: Lander’s mother, Lori Lander, is on the Local News Fund Advisory Board at the Cambridge Community Foundation, which has given financial […]
In 2nd Middlesex, a battle of the progressives
Since state Senator Patricia Jehlen announced in December she won’t seek re-election after 20 years representing the 2nd Middlesex District, candidates have stepped forward from state and municipal bodies and from all three cities in the district. The field includes State Representatives Erika Uyterhoeven and Christine Barber, Cambridge Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem, Somerville City Councilor […]