The state’s May total unemployment rate is up one-tenth of a percentage point at 16.3 percent following a revision to the April rate of 16.2 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. The Bureau of Labor…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Robert ‘Problak’ Gibbs and MFA Partner on Mural at Madison Park
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced Monday the launch of a multipart community mural project co-led by artists-in-residence Rob “Problak” Gibbs and Rob Stull—a key initiative of the MFA’s 150th anniversary that draws inspiration from Writing the Future: Basquiat and the…
Baker Files Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Investment Plan
Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration released its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Capital Investment Plan on June 17. The spending blueprint maintains existing investments and enables the Administration to continue working with stakeholders across the Commonwealth to support ongoing capital…
COVID-19 Is a Predator — And We Are Its Prey
The media, politicians, and others have likened our ongoing battle with the corona virus as the equivalent of “going to war.” The doctors and nurses in the overburdened ERs in New York City, when its hospitals were being overwhelmed with…
Time to Play…Again
At Annual Meeting, Christian Scientists Consider What Meaningful Worship Means in Time of Crisis
By Kevin Ness It was a different kind of worldwide church meeting — a small group of individuals sat in a church in Boston, six feet apart, and took turns speaking to a camera rather than the usual sea of…
Public Space Invitational to Distribute Artwork Via Lottery at Titus Sparrow
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced last week the selections of the City’s seventh Public Space Invitational, a civic design competition that seeks ideas that reimagine and enhance Boston’s public spaces – including Titus Sparrow Park in the South End. Since 2018,…
National Leading Grassroots Organization, Indivisible, Endorses Ed Markey for U.S. Senate
Indivisible, a national, progressive grassroots organization with over a million members across the country, today announced its endorsement of Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “Senator Markey is a model progressive legislator: consistent, accountable to his constituents,…
Walsh Resubmits Fiscally Responsible Budget: Maintains Historic Investments in Housing, Education and Public Health and Accounts for Economic Impact of COVID-19
Mayor Martin J. Walsh on June 15 resubmitted his Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget, which builds on the Walsh Administration’s record of presenting a balanced, sustainable and proactive budget that invests in the needs of our growing city, while…
Framingham Teen Charged for Arson in the Torching of a Boston Police Cruiser
A teenager was arraigned today in Boston Juvenile Court for arson for the role he played in the torching of a Boston Police Department cruiser on the night of May 31, 2020 after a day of peaceful protests over police…