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OUTVETS, which was recently denied a spot in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, will now lead the annual procession after organizers reversed their decision. PHOTO COURTESY MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM

OUTVETS to march in South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Blau Ramos March 16, 2017

OUTVETS, a Boston-based organization of gay veterans, will now be allowed to march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade after the reversal of a decision by the Allied War Veterans Council...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson hosts a press conference to introduce “Ordinance Regarding the Prohibition of Research Designated as Biosafety Level 4 (BSL 4) in the City of Boston” Wednesday morning at City Hall. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER NOVAKOVIC/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tito Jackson introduces legislation to halt BUMC research

Alana Levene March 2, 2017

By Till Kaeslin and Alana Levene Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson called for a ban on all Biosafety Level 4 research in Boston during a press conference Wednesday morning. Jackson then brought...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson proposes the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund for Boston on Wednesday. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston city councilor proposes legislation funding legal defense for immigrants

Miguel Hernández Mercado February 14, 2017

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson proposed the creation of an Immigrant Legal Defense Fund for Boston, according to a Wednesday press release issued by his office. The proposed fund is designed...

Locals gather at a town hall meeting in Roxbury to discuss solutions to violence in the city. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Roxbury community discusses solutions to violence in Boston

Ezgi Toper February 5, 2017

Approximately 50 community members gathered at the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Saturday morning for a town hall meeting about violence in the city of Boston. Monica Cannon, a Roxbury resident...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson holds an open roundtable with journalists from college newspapers and talked about gentrification as well as education. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tito Jackson hosts media roundtable with college newspapers

Shannon Larson February 3, 2017

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson engaged in a discussion with a group of student newspaper representatives at City Hall about how President Donald Trump’s executive orders will affect Boston. Jackson...

Tito Jackson speaks at a city council meeting last October. The city councilor, who represents District 7, is now running for mayor of Boston. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Councilor Tito Jackson to run for Boston mayor

Shannon Larson January 19, 2017

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson announced his candidacy for the mayor of Boston on Jan. 12, challenging Boston Mayor Martin Walsh for the office. In an interview with The Daily Free Press, Jackson,...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson called for a subpoena for Boston 2024 bid documents on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY TITO JACKSON

City councilor seeks subpoena for Boston 2024 bid documents

Mina Corpuz July 20, 2015

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson held a press conference Monday on the steps of City Hall to call for a subpoena for Boston 2024 to release two un-redacted chapters from its original bid. Jackson...

CEO of Boston 2024, Richard Davey, sits in a city council meeting about operations financing and venue development Thursday. PHOTO BY AMANDA BURKE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Financing, management on agenda at City Council meeting on 2024 Olympics

Amanda Burke June 27, 2015

Further exploring the possibility of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Boston City Council held a meeting Friday morning to review details of a new proposal from the organizing group Boston 2024...

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