Chris Lovett
@clovettboston.bsky.social
Journalist based in Boston.
Dissecting a local election with a national valence and the "state of the schools" on this week's DotLife Podcast with host Erin Caldwell and @dotnews.bsky.social publisher @billforry.bsky.social. #bospoli
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News of the Week: 11/7/2025
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November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dissecting a local election with a national valence and the "state of the schools" on this week's DotLife Podcast with host Erin Caldwell and @dotnews.bsky.social publisher @billforry.bsky.social. #bospoli
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Mayor Wu hailed her “state of the schools” address on Oct. 28 as a “historic” first, but it followed a series of high-profile moves by her predecessors to exert leadership over Boston’s public education, via @clovettboston.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mayor Wu hailed her “state of the schools” address on Oct. 28 as a “historic” first, but it followed a series of high-profile moves by her predecessors to exert leadership over Boston’s public education, via @clovettboston.bsky.social
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Boston Election— Santana beats out Baker for final At-Large seat; Louijeune tops ticket citywide; Culpepper wins District 7 seat; Wu sails to 2nd term as Mayor
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Santana beats out Baker for final at-large seat; Culpepper wins District 7 seat - Dorchester Reporter
The polls are now open in Boston's municipal election. Voters can pick up to four candidates out of a field of eight in the at-large city council race.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Boston Election— Santana beats out Baker for final At-Large seat; Louijeune tops ticket citywide; Culpepper wins District 7 seat; Wu sails to 2nd term as Mayor
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Hearing that Culpepper won D7 seat
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hearing that Culpepper won D7 seat
October 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This afternoon. Boston Common. #nokings #nokingsboston @50501movement.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This afternoon. Boston Common. #nokings #nokingsboston @50501movement.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social
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In this week’s DotLife podcast news segment, we discuss the Whitey Bulger/Savin Bar + Kitchen controversy. Plus: what’s next for Carney Hospital? #Dorchester
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News of the Week: 10/10/2025
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October 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In this week’s DotLife podcast news segment, we discuss the Whitey Bulger/Savin Bar + Kitchen controversy. Plus: what’s next for Carney Hospital? #Dorchester
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Via @dotnews.bsky.social: Boston's "middle" has been shrinking for decades, which affects housing costs, school choices, even election results. Then something changed with the pandemic and its aftermath. Numbers have consequences. dotnews.com/2025/numbers...
Numbers say it: Greater Boston is more diverse, more divided | Dorchester Reporter
New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple figu...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Via @dotnews.bsky.social: Boston's "middle" has been shrinking for decades, which affects housing costs, school choices, even election results. Then something changed with the pandemic and its aftermath. Numbers have consequences. dotnews.com/2025/numbers...
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Company owned by former BRA director Tom O'Brien hired to plan re-development of shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester
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October 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Company owned by former BRA director Tom O'Brien hired to plan re-development of shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester
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On Wednesday, Yawu Miller and Bill Forry discussed the Boston election results and the path forward for Josh Kraft with DotLife podcast host Erin Caldwell.
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News of the Week: 9/12/25
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September 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On Wednesday, Yawu Miller and Bill Forry discussed the Boston election results and the path forward for Josh Kraft with DotLife podcast host Erin Caldwell.
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Analysis from veteran Boston journalist Chris Lovett: Incumbency, Trump’s shadow, and Michelle Wu’s blockbuster win
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September 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Analysis from veteran Boston journalist Chris Lovett: Incumbency, Trump’s shadow, and Michelle Wu’s blockbuster win
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About one-fifth of #Boston’s registered voters chose eight finalists on Tuesday to compete for four at-large city council seats in November.
Ruthzee Louijeune, the current council president, was the top vote-getter in the citywide council race.
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Ruthzee Louijeune, the current council president, was the top vote-getter in the citywide council race.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
About one-fifth of #Boston’s registered voters chose eight finalists on Tuesday to compete for four at-large city council seats in November.
Ruthzee Louijeune, the current council president, was the top vote-getter in the citywide council race.
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Ruthzee Louijeune, the current council president, was the top vote-getter in the citywide council race.
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@dotnews.bsky.social Pro-Kraft spending blitz no match for @wutrain.bsky.social ground game--capitalizing on incumbent advantage, grassroots motivation, "our city" messaging. dotnews.com/2025/wu-has-...
Wu sacks Kraft in 49-point blowout | Dorchester Reporter
Unofficial tally gives mayor 72 percent as challenger lags badly Mayor Michelle Wu surged to a resounding victory on Tuesday over Josh Kraft with a 49-point margin in a preliminary election turnout th...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
@dotnews.bsky.social Pro-Kraft spending blitz no match for @wutrain.bsky.social ground game--capitalizing on incumbent advantage, grassroots motivation, "our city" messaging. dotnews.com/2025/wu-has-...
Addressing supporters in Roslindale Village, @mayorwu.boston.gov celebrates first-place finish in yesterday’s preliminary election. As of early this morning, with 69.82% of the vote reported, @wutrain.bsky.social had 70% of the vote, with co-finalist @joshforboston.bsky.social receiving almost 25%.
September 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Addressing supporters in Roslindale Village, @mayorwu.boston.gov celebrates first-place finish in yesterday’s preliminary election. As of early this morning, with 69.82% of the vote reported, @wutrain.bsky.social had 70% of the vote, with co-finalist @joshforboston.bsky.social receiving almost 25%.
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Here we go w/ first-in results. Josh Kraft scores his first precinct victory of the day over Michelle Wu at Dorchester Florian Hall's 16-12— 298-101.
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Here we go w/ first-in results. Josh Kraft scores his first precinct victory of the day over Michelle Wu at Dorchester Florian Hall's 16-12— 298-101.
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Adams Street Library's 16-9 precinct goes Kraft over Wu, 251-132 #Dorchester
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Adams Street Library's 16-9 precinct goes Kraft over Wu, 251-132 #Dorchester
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Michelle Wu leads Josh Kraft at Dorchester's 16-5 and 16-2 Murphy School on Pope's Hill/Neponset; also a look at at-large
September 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Michelle Wu leads Josh Kraft at Dorchester's 16-5 and 16-2 Murphy School on Pope's Hill/Neponset; also a look at at-large
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Boys And Girls Club of Boston - Yawkey Club of Roxbury, 115 Warren Street (Ward 12-p4) goes for Michelle Wu over Josh Kraft, 110-20
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Boys And Girls Club of Boston - Yawkey Club of Roxbury, 115 Warren Street (Ward 12-p4) goes for Michelle Wu over Josh Kraft, 110-20
Via @dotnews.bsky.social: as part of a series on mayoral candidates, this week's profile of @wutrain.bsky.social. #bospoli dotnews.com/2025/tracing...
August 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Via @dotnews.bsky.social: as part of a series on mayoral candidates, this week's profile of @wutrain.bsky.social. #bospoli dotnews.com/2025/tracing...
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ICYMI: The Trump administration has expanded the main federal program that provides tax incentives to build affordable housing, but it’s looking to cut the federal rental assistance that low-income tenants depend on to live in that housing.
Trump policies offer mixed messages on affordable housing - CommonWealth Beacon
“There is just no way to subsidize housing development processes enough” to be affordable to the lowest income residents, said Matt Noyes of CHAPA, “without affordable rental assistance."
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August 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ICYMI: The Trump administration has expanded the main federal program that provides tax incentives to build affordable housing, but it’s looking to cut the federal rental assistance that low-income tenants depend on to live in that housing.
Housing policies are always up for debate, especially when underlying fundamentals change. Last week's @mahahome.bsky.social forum with @mayorwu.boston.gov and @joshforboston.bsky.social illustrated how much policy is anchored and driven by community engagement.
Mayoral candidates Wu and Kraft grapple on housing policy at Mass Affordable Housing Alliance forum that drew hundreds to Reggie Lewis Center www.dotnews.com/2025/mayoral...
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Housing policies are always up for debate, especially when underlying fundamentals change. Last week's @mahahome.bsky.social forum with @mayorwu.boston.gov and @joshforboston.bsky.social illustrated how much policy is anchored and driven by community engagement.
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The city's top health official has declared #Boston’s efforts to resolve the drug-use problem in its South End neighborhood a failure— and a Dorchester city councillor wants to create a regional fund and approach to address the crisis
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July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The city's top health official has declared #Boston’s efforts to resolve the drug-use problem in its South End neighborhood a failure— and a Dorchester city councillor wants to create a regional fund and approach to address the crisis
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Exam schools are a micro of a larger problem: how a steeper income divide makes the "best" education even more exclusionary. While Boston tries to recalibrate, the federal government has other ideas. dotnews.com/2025/policy-...
July 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exam schools are a micro of a larger problem: how a steeper income divide makes the "best" education even more exclusionary. While Boston tries to recalibrate, the federal government has other ideas. dotnews.com/2025/policy-...
From yesterday's Dorchester Day Parade. @dotnews.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
From yesterday's Dorchester Day Parade. @dotnews.bsky.social
Former Boston Mayor and US Ambassador to the Vatican, Ray Flynn, speaks during tonight’s book launch for “The Battle for Boston,” by his former senior side, Don Gillis.
May 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Former Boston Mayor and US Ambassador to the Vatican, Ray Flynn, speaks during tonight’s book launch for “The Battle for Boston,” by his former senior side, Don Gillis.