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East to West Dec. 3, 2021

East to West Dec. 3, 2021

Daily Free Press Admin December 3, 2021

Good luck with finals! Today on East to West, we cover student concerns with BUPD, student frustrations with SHS, the MBTA fare-free program and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East...

East to West: Oct. 15, 2021

East to West: Oct. 15, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 15, 2021

The Freshman 15 is just a myth! Today on East to West, we cover celebration of the 125th Boston Marathon as well as concerns over the overshadowing of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a robbery at the South...

reggie lewis track and athletic center at roxbury community college

Boston implements Vaccine Equity Grant Initiative

Isabella Abraham March 29, 2021
It includes $1.5 million in funding to increase access and awareness among vulnerable communities.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
East to West: Feb. 5, 2021

East to West: Feb. 5, 2021

Jackson Machesky February 5, 2021

In today’s episode of East To West, we cover Massachusetts State Police’s removal of unhoused individuals from an encampment near Boston University, stricter COVID-19 protocols from Resident...

Boston City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would extend the paid sick leave of Boston employees so they can receive the COVID-19 vaccine. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council proposes paid sick leave for city workers receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Rin Velasco February 4, 2021
The paid sick benefit would cover three working days. City workers would be allowed leave at any point during the two days following a COVID-19 vaccination — which applies to the first and second dose — and compensated fully for the time away.
East to West: Oct. 30, 2020

East to West: Oct. 30, 2020

Justin Tang October 30, 2020

Today on East to West, we cover the suspensions of BU students who planned large gatherings, how BU is encouraging safe Halloween festivities, Salem business shutting down to tourists, and more. FEATURING:...

The Boston City Council passed a bill Friday that will that ban city-sponsored travel to North Carolina as a result of the state's discrimination against transgender individuals. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINKSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council bans city-sponsored travel to North Carolina

Olivia Quintana April 4, 2016

The Boston City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday banning all city-sponsored travel to North Carolina, according to Dan Sibor, chief of staff for City Councilor Josh Zakim. Zakim filed the ordinance...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh signed an ordinance Friday that will crack down on the residency law that requires municipal employees to live in the city limits. PHOTO BY MADI GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh requires municipal workers to live and vote in Boston

Meagan Schwarz March 17, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh signed an ordinance into law Friday to require municipal employees hired on or after July 1, 1976 to be a resident and registered voter in the City of Boston, according to...

An ordinance proposed by Boston City Councilors Salvatore LaMattina and Bill Linehan would require street performers in Boston to be issued a permit before they can perform in a public area. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council ordinance to require permit for street performers

Nicole Mis October 26, 2015

Sidewalk artists may be required to have permits to perform in public areas as result of a Boston City Council ordinance introduced at a Wednesday meeting. The ordinance defines a performer as any person...

EDIT: Shut down or hiding?

Daily Free Press Admin April 22, 2013

During the grueling manhunt for the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect Friday, Police officials ordered all Boston-area residents to stay indoors while police scoured Watertown and surrounding areas....

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