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A dormant X account resurfaced after three years, took our name, and began publishing political attacks. Its archived history tells a different story. We are The New England Ledger. @TheNELedger is not. Read the receipts: newenglandledger.com/editori…
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Ascend used “social equity” to help win its Boston cannabis license. Then its president testified under immunity for Trump’s DOJ, which cast that same equity partnership as leverage for extortion. A jury acquitted Sheriff Steve Tompkins. Ascend didn’t respond. Read more:
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Disgraced Former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who pled guilty to extortion in 2008, is now asking the Trump admin to pull $80M in federal funding from Boston's Blue Hill Ave redesign. The bus lanes were meant to help 37,000 daily riders: newenglandledger.com #bospoli #mapoli
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The polls are open and nearly 60% of legislative seats drew no opponent at all. Yet, today will decide more than November will. Here's what's actually on the ballot. Read more at NewEnglandLedger.com
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Boston had a billion summer. But the windfall didn't reach every neighborhood, a familiar story. Does #Boston believe in sharing the wealth in name only, or are there plans to course-correct for major events in the future? Read more: newenglandledger.com/bostons… #bospoli #mapoli
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One polling-place mistake—quickly corrected. Ed Flynn’s response? Limit early voting. Read more: newenglandledger.com/the-cry… #bospoli #mapoli
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Connecticut toppled a 28-year Democratic incumbent. Now MA gets its turn: Lynch vs. Roath. Markey vs. Moulton. Maybe it's not about age. Maybe it's what you've done with the time. #mapoli #ctpolitics
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DEVELOPING: A judge denied an injunction request by the losing bidders, found John Barros "went above and beyond" in his disclosures, and the winning bid was $420 million cheaper. The lawsuit continues alongside negotiations. Read more: NewEnglandLedger.com #bospoli #mapoli
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BREAKING: Hampden County Superior Court DENIES injunction request by losing bidders, allowing for the Liberty Junction Project to move forward. Story to come... #bospoli #mapoli
A mayor's donor lost a $2B courthouse bid. So the press put two Black men on trial instead. #bospoli #mapoli #accountability #TheLedgerFiles
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A Democratic senator. A Trump-supporting chief of staff. Photos appear to show Nick Collins’ top aide in Trump gear at the RNC. New England Ledger contacted Collins for comment. He did not respond. Who’s helping shape his office? #mapoli #bospoli
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He swears most of his money is local. Our review found otherwise. Only 4 in 10 of Nick Collins's campaign dollars come from Boston. Southie supplies about a dime on the dollar. Part two of our series on an office some say is RED, WHITE & SOMETIMES BLUE. #bospoli #mapoli
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Boston homicides are down 17%. Shootings near a five-year low. Ed Flynn wanted the National Guard anyway. $110M a year. Taxpayers would have paid for all of it. Read more at newenglandledger.com #bospoli #mapoli
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He funded her campaign. Then he tagged her in a post asking for a voodoo doctor. Then he found the text where she'd offered to meet and apologized. Is the anti-Wu coalition one text away from chaos? #bospoli #mapoli
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A mayor's donor lost a $2B courthouse bid. So the press put two Black men on trial instead. Read more: newenglandledger.com/white-n… #bospoli #mapoli #accountability #TheLedgerFiles
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