Former DA Rollins could run again; judge restores Harvard Med researcher's visa
Rachael Rollins looks to run for Suffolk County DA against the man who replaced her
April 8
GBH reports that former Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins, who left that job to become US Attorney, only to leave that job because she tried to use her influence to keep her successor as DA from getting elected, has taken out papers...
Councilors defeat demands for independent audits of city departments because they're already being done; war of words spills onto Facebook
April 8
The Boston City Council today rejected a resolution by two councilors calling for an independent audit of city finances after two other councilors questioned the need for something they say the city is already doing - as required by state law.
Judge rules Logan customs agent should never have arrested that Harvard Medical researcher with the frozen frog embryos, let alone turned her over to ICE and its rent-a-gulags
April 8
A federal judge in Vermont concluded yesterday that a Customs and Border Protection agent at Logan Airport had no legal authority to revoke Kseniia Petrova's visa because he didn't like her answers about the frozen frog embryos she had brought back from France, let alone detain her and turn her over to ICE, which shipped her to a for-profit concentration camp in Louisiana.
Judge tells ICE, no, it can't just keep an immigrant locked in a cell for months
April 8
A federal judge yesterday ordered ICE to release a man it's had locked in the Plymouth County jail for more than six months, which is the limit the Supreme Court has set for keeping somebody in a cell to await deportation "in the reasonably foreseeable future."...
City reverses course on ditching plans to renovate Allston community center; will set aside $10 million for upgrade
April 8
Allstonia reports that after telling residents they could forget about any funds for a new Jackson-Mann community center last week, the Wu administration says this week it plans to put $10 million into its five-year capital plan for planning one.
A sense of dread: Dead trains on Red
April 8
The MBTA reported at 7:30 a.m. that a train up and died at JFK/UMass. The T reported at 8:20 a.m. that the train had been shoved out of the way - just in time for another train to die at Harvard - according to a roving UHub commuter who is now stuck at JFK/UMass and paying attention to the announcements from the train driver.
Game On will be open for Patriots Day and Yankees series; paid fine instead of accepting suspension for underage drinkers
April 8
After the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission last month issued a five-day license suspension for Game On on Lansdowne Street - starting with Patriots Day and running through a three-game Fenway series with the Yankees - the commission accepted a compromise offer: A fine of $26,936.15.
