How should we allocate a scarce public resource?

Study finds consolidation not paying off in quality or efficiency 

Mayor makes the case for her overhaul of development and planning 

City Council rejects mayoral appointee to voke school board who favors reform

Changes state made in 2021 have failed to end discriminatory practices, coalition says

Lawmakers, advocates say they’ll wait and see 

Office vacancies at record levels could portend threat to municipal finances 

Boston police now say they’ll hold another session with Lawyers for Civil Rights 

Liberal Democrat found common cause with libertarian-leaning Pioneer Institute on school policy 

Dorchester restaurant that jump-started revitalization to close after 18 years

Study shows boost in graduation rates

Boston mayor who relished online engagement as 'wutrain' says it’s become too divisive 

Most think children academically at grade level when data say otherwise 

Court says ban only applies to state convictions

Yvonne Hao will helm economic development; Jason Snyder to oversee technology 

‘We have to do better,’ says one

Tufts political scientist Eitan Hersh says ‘political hobbyism’ now infecting the workplace

From taking on public health messaging on COVID to blistering ‘Warren Democrats,’ opinion writers challenged our thinking 

State-appointed receiver tells state board sustained improvement is goal  

BU is only school to even take note of analysis raising alarms

Two-term governor -- and one-time college hoopster -- will oversee 500,000 college athletes

Enrollment decline putting pressure on district spending 

Report outlines ambitious $3.2 billion plan to ensure housing stability

Requirements should be repealed 'immediately,' say researchers, citing unfavorable benefit-to-risk data

Driscoll says focus on college and career pathways ‘very much aligned’ with incoming administration’s thinking

Court ruling turns on 1851 law’s idea of what’s 'noxious or filthy'

State grant enables 15 RTAs to go fare-free through end of the year

Westborough’s Kate Donaghue will be a first-term rep – with decades of political experience

Gov.-elect charges six panels with producing 'action-oriented deliverables'

Coverage of campaign launch characterized by blunt truths