Primary battles turn to bay state
The first test among Bay State voters in the race for the White House comes to Massachusetts next week during Super Tuesday primary balloting. One-third of the delegates to the Democratic Party’s nominating convention will be chosen on March 3 across 14 states.

Walsh advances reforms for troubled zoning board
PHOTO: JEREMIAH ROBINSON, MAYOR’S OFFICE Mayor Martin J. Walsh signs an executive order that will bring a significantly increased level of transparency, accountability and integrity to the Zoning Board of Appeal.

Will state intervene in Hub schools?
“With a high-needs student population, the last thing the district needs is more instability, more disruption and interventions that don’t support the plans that we have been advocating as a union and the plan the superintendent has just released, which is reflective of the aspirations and needs of teachers, students and parents.

Urban Agenda grants aimed at revitalization
On Feb. 19, the Baker-Polito administration granted $2 million dollars to 23 community-based projects across Massachusetts through the Urban Agenda grant program. Three local organizations in Nubian Square — The American City Coalition, Black Market and Haley House — will receive $100,000 to stimulate Roxbury’s growth and prosperity.

It’s time for blacks to be strategic
Every four years, the most talented political consultants vie to be recruited by candidates for president and other high elective office. It is the time for political operatives to earn substantial fees and burnish their reputations.

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Pathways for Children serves children from birth to age 13 and their families through programs including Early Head Start, Head Start, School Age Care, Family Enrichment and Coordinated Family and Community Engagement. Each year Pathways delivers these vital services to over 500 children and their families from fourteen North Shore communities.

Why Bernie fears the superdelegates will do him in — again
Bernie Sanders railed loud and long in 2016 that the Democratic Party’s system of superdelegates and the superdelegates themselves were stacked against him. He was right. The Democratic Party’s superdelegates, unlike the GOP superdelegates, are not bound by the party rules to vote for the person getting the most delegate votes.

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I haven’t made up my mind. We have to be strategic. Collectively, we need to choose someone who is going to win against Trump. It’s not about personality or loyalty..

Teens march on State House for youth jobs
Hundreds of young people protested on the State House steps Feb. 20 during the 12th annual youth justice rally, entitled “2020 Vision: Reframe your Future.

State has checkered history of interventions
By many accounts, the school system there had bottomed out, with 37% of students earning a warning/failing score in mathematics. In 2019, one year after Riley left, the metrics were different, with a revised MCAS test, but the results showed progress, with students listed as “not meeting expectations” at 29%.

Ebenezer Baptist Church
PHOTO: JOHN WILCOX, MAYOR’S OFFICE Congregants at the Ebenezer Baptist Church gather for the final service at the South End church. The church will hold services in a temporary space while church officials find a location elsewhere in the city..

Trump spy chief hid Hungarian govt. payment
President Donald Trump’s acting Director of National iIntelligence, Richard Grenell, worked as a paid publicist for a foundation funded by Hungary’s increasingly authoritarian government — his second former client to prompt scrutiny because Grenell did not disclose the work.

Kennedy, Markey face off at W. 10 caucus
“I’m sure a lot of people in this room have the same question — I think you’re a great rep. — but why?” asked Ward 10 committee member Jim Farra. “Besides the fact of being young … why are you running?” Kennedy’s response reiterated the two main points he’s been making in stump speeches and at last week’s debate: The three-term U.

A counselor to business executives
In 2013, Wendy Hernández decided to leave her career in education to pursue a budding new idea — the creation of LionsPride Assistant, a company specializing in business counseling and administrative support. Today, Hernández has clients all over the United States — from South Carolina to Ohio to Boston’s Back Bay.

Young, gifted, black — and on stage
In 1966, Nina Simone’s song “Four Women” sent shockwaves through radios all across the United States and ignited controversy for its archetypal descriptions of black women. Now, that song has been shaped by Christina Ham into a moving stage show, “Nina Simone: Four Women,” running at the Merrimack Repertory Theater in Lowell through March 8.

Spreading joy off Joy Street
For the fourth year running, the Vilna Shul Center for Jewish Culture in Beacon Hill will host the Voices of Freedom concert on March 29, celebrating unity with a multicultural and interfaith concert.

MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) now open
Sometimes the best things in life are free. Take the new museum of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), which opened to the public on Feb.

Dancing into the revolution
Running Feb. 27 through March 8, “rEVOLUTION” at Boston Ballet highlights three choreographers who took dance to its very physical and artistic limits: George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and William Forsythe. Though the pieces in the show date as far back as the 1950s, their power and vision continue to resonate with contemporary audiences.