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Voting for the inaugural participatory budgeting process, in which Boston residents have the chance to vote to fund initiatives through 14 different proposals generated from community input, opened last week.

In an effort to expand and preserve access to reproductive health care in Massachusetts, the Healey-Driscoll administration put out nearly $2 million in new grant funding to support providers and other organizations that work to support patients.

When the Environmental Protection Agency declared the Lower Neponset River a Superfund site in 2022, community members celebrated it as a recognition of the community’s need and a way to bring faster repair to a natural resource.

The 2025 Mayor’s Youth Summit will take place on Saturday, February 22. The summit is targeted toward youth throughout the city and gives them a forum to showcase their talents and build community. Implemented in 1994 under Mayor Thomas Menino, the summit was hosted annually for 10 years before taking a hiatus in 2005.

The celebrations of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and President Donald Trump’s second inaugural provided a stark contrast on Monday with several Massachusetts politicians pointedly skipping the Washington, D.C., event to stay close to home.

Newton resident Angela Pitter was recently elected chair of the board of directors for the Charles River Regional Chamber.

While most of the world was still reeling from the death of Martin Luther King Jr., two close friends and Boston-based pastors created a way to honor his legacy and that event still endures today.

Through an ambitious funding plan, announced last week, Gov. Maura Healey set her sights on stabilizing and improving transportation across Massachusetts.

Governor Maura Healey announced last week a plan to file a proposal that would do away with renter-paid broker fees in the state, a step taken by New York City last year.

Governor Maura Healey leaned into the 250th anniversary of the country as she delivered her State of the Commonwealth speech on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the State House, promising reform to Massachusetts’ transportation, health care, housing, and education systems.

Over 20 years ago, the Museum of African American History and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras came together to put on a concert in honor of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Beverly Morgan-Welch, the museum’s director at the time, called on the youth ensemble to perform the tribute at the African Meeting House.

On Sunday, Jan. 19, Reverend Irene Monroe and her wife, Dr. Thea James, will be given the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Honor by the social justice and advocacy organization Embrace Boston.