Jim Morelli

Closures, mergers, programs discontinued in some places and adjusted in others. Boston’s latest school consolidation plan may seem like a mishmash -- but it’s actually the first, Mayor Michelle Wu said, that’s grounded in real-time data about the condition of the city’s school buildings coupled with community and expert input.

Left in the wake of those fits and starts: the completion of the bike lanes, which is turning out to be a more complicated process than it might look. Every 15 yards or so, implanted in the middle of the lanes, are temporary utility poles strung with wires.

NORWOOD, Mass. — Eggs are the lifeblood of any breakfast joint and doesn't Edmond Pogace know it.

Last week, Governor Maura Healey declared Massachusetts is not a sanctuary state. Tuesday, Republican state lawmakers indicated they are readying legislation that would make sure that’s the case by reforming the Massachusetts Right to Shelter law.

“There's a cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine,” he said. “All I can do is hope the world has seen enough. Frankly, everyone has seen enough. This agreement cannot be the end. We can't say, okay, the violence has stopped. We're going to exchange hostages, exchange prisoners — and now we can just go on. This (ceasefire) is the bare minimum. My hope is beginning now, beginning tomorrow, this week, whatever, that there will be an incredible ramp up of humanitarian aid into Palestine.”

Hours after it went dark, TikTok appeared on the verge of a reprieve.

The first third of winter ended with a minor snowstorm dropping up to 7 inches across Massachusetts.

So, it’s a big deal. But the announcement was overshadowed to some extent by President Donald Trump’s multiple executive orders on immigration, issued shortly after his inauguration Monday.

At De Novo, the question that's got everyone on edge has to do with asylum seekers who are on the path to citizenship, but haven't yet arrived. Could they be subject to arrest and deportation?

EAST BOSTON — Federal agents arrested several undocumented individuals with criminal histories Wednesday night, including alleged gang members and some wanted for such violent crimes as rape and murder.