Sunrise activists to gather in Somerville park for State House transparency rally
A small group of Sunrise Movement Boston activists say they plan to gather Saturday to livestream a protest urging support for State House transparency amendments.
Watch meetings on an eviction moratorium, classes in city parks and Envision Cambridge
Public meetings this week look at keeping eviction moratoriums in place even if the state lets its own expire, how to respond to crises without police, changes to the city’s marijuana retail laws, holding coronavirus-era classes in city parks, a Buckingham, Browne & Nichols expansion and more.
Charter advice: It’s time to ‘look under the hood’ of Plan E, but consensus is needed for changes
Longer terms for city councillors, direct elections of a “strong mayor” and various other options for forms of government came up Wednesday during officials’ first step toward modernizing Cambridge’s charter. But then a basic question got asked: Was the current charter working as intended?
Now that we’re all worried Trump will ignore election results, time to figure out what to do
Have Massachusetts (or any state) officials gamed out what they would do if Trump refuses to accept the results of the November election or unilaterally deems them invalid?
Police union deletes warning of possible ‘purge’
The union representing Cambridge rank and file police officers suggested its members warn legislators not to pass a police reform bill: “If you think seven civilians killed in seven days in Boston is bad, just wait for the purge that will come.” It deleted the statement two days later after criticism.