Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
Whether it was the Boston 2024 Olympics or efforts to fix the T, voters and lawmakers consistently opted against using taxpayer dollars to make big investments.
The governor talked about decreased customer wait times, a revamped MassRMV.com, and improving staff accountability.
Temperatures will remain in the 30s on Monday before snow arrives late Monday or early Tuesday.
Leibowitz worked for mayors Raymond Flynn and Thomas Menino where he always looked to make Boston a better city.
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Maine scallops, however, have been a little harder to come by as a result of the warm temperatures.
The increase is tied to a 2014 state law that called for the minimum wage ? then $8 an hour ? to rise in three steps.
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special report
Raquel has tried to quit heroin many times in her 48 years, mostly to please probation officers. This time, though, she wants to quit for good.
Mothers face addicts? pain, their own in ?Heroin: Cape Cod, USA??It?s watching your kid die,? said one parent who took in the HBO documentary.
Chicago police shooting of grandmother, teen draws criticismThe fatal shooting of Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier has raised further questions about a police department already under intense scrutiny.
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A range of precipitation was forecast Monday for the country?s midsection, including heavy snow, ice and blustery winds in parts of 11 states.
BETABOSTON
New Year?s resolutions for Boston?s innovation communityFrom fixing the T to investing in different types of businesses, here are six resolutions to make the city?s innovation community better.
BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL
The Patriots tied or set season lows with 20 points and 284 total yards.
Henderson was a talented ballplayer, Rice said, but always had a smile no matter how he was performing.
Many companies send workers home for the weekIn the Boston area, public relations firms, nonprofits, and biotech companies are among those that won?t reopen until Jan. 4.
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FBI agents extensively searched Suffolk Downs in September, acting on a tip that the artwork was stashed at the track.
Maine Seacoast Mission brings islanders care by boatThe flagship of the 110-year-old mission must often break up ice in winter to reach the isolated island communities it serves.
Blue Cross expands benefits for end-of-life careThe insurer is hoping that patients and health care providers will discuss death openly.
Both teams reached deep into their archives for inspiration in designing jerseys for the New Year?s Day game.
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Complex financing may be a model for affordable housingRelated Beal?s 14-story building near North Station, which breaks ground Monday, will rent every unit at below-market rates.
Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dead at 83Lemon, who played with the traveling team for decades, died Sunday.
alex beam
A tough year for wordsMicroaggression in; crazy out. Othering in; alien out. How am I supposed to address ET?
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
ground game
Things are not going well for the Carson campaignAfter several confounding statements on foreign policy and then fighting claims he made about his own life for weeks, Ben Carson?s poll numbers have tanked.
Globe investigations and Spotlight reportsA look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The Big Picture
Over the past year the Globe spent time with Raquel Rodriguez as she struggled to get clean for her two young daughters.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Henderson?s home run in the 1986 American League Championship Series helped the Red Sox make an improbable comeback.
The Brighton restaurant was shuttered Dec. 7 when more than 130 people got sick after eating there.
Yancey insists that he isn?t retiring, despite his loss in November?s election. ?I have plans,? he said.
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Iraqi military forces retook a strategic government complex in the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants who have occupied the city since May.
Shares of the troubled Canadian pharmaceutical company fell nearly 7 percent in premarket trading Monday.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones kicked off the annual Hometown Throwdown series at House of Blues Saturday.
Several high-tech methods for peering inside the human body are becoming less popular with patients, while the use of ultrasounds keeps growing.
Scott Kirsner
How?s the innovation economy doing? Follow the money Local startups have collected $7.4 billion in funding this year ? a 30 percent jump from 2014.
John L. Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic
The Top 10 stories of a busy pope from 2015Each of these stories seemed hard to top when they happened, but Pope Francis often did just that.
Design New England
The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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A life unraveling
Cape Cod heroin addicts, their mothers appear in HBO documentary
Gary Washburn | Sunday Basketball Notes: The decline of Dwight Howard
Christopher L. Gasper: Overtime decision came up heads, as in head-scratcher
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