Boston City Council votes against creation of ethics committee
Boston City Council voted Wednesday to kill a measure that would have created an ethics committee made up of council members.
Boston City Council kills ethics committee push amid Fernandes Anderson corruption charges
The Boston City Council, tarred by federal public corruption charges leveled against Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, ...
Healey adds to growing broker fee opposition on Beacon Hill and Boston City Council
State lawmakers and local officials want to see a new law stipulating that landlords who hire brokers be responsible for ...
Massachusetts Gov. Healey wants to ‘abolish’ tenant-paid broker’s fees, as Boston City Council eyes similar change
Governor Maura Healey called for the abolition of broker’s fees renters are often forced to pay when signing a lease ...
Full docket for Boston City Council's start to 2025, from ethics to rats to schools
Boston City Council is back to work in 2025 following a rocky finish to 2024. The first meeting of the new year coming just weeks after federal authorities filed theft and wire fraud charges against ...
A committee report recommends leaning on foundations, grants, and public-private partnerships if federal climate dollars are rolled back.
With Donald Trump about to take office, Boston city councillors are brainstorming how the city might buoy its aggressive ...
Boston considering enhanced safety measures for events following New Orleans attack
The Boston City Council passed a hearing order to discuss enhanced safety measures for crowded events on Wednesday.
New Orleans to bring in former NYPD commissioner as security expert after terror attack
New Orleans is bringing on Bill Bratton, who has been the top cop in Boston, New York and Los Angeles, to counsel the city on ...
Looking down-ballot for Trump resistance
GOING LOCAL — Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House alongside a Republican-led Congress in D.C. has some ...
Governor Healey gives Lawrence City Council the power to appoint some School Committee members
The move makes Lawrence the second community in Massachusetts that will have at least some school committee members appointed ...
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OTR: Mayor Wu says she'll run for reelection; Who might challenge her?
He's never been in politics."Wu, 39, was first elected to the Boston City Council in November 2013, becoming the first Asian American woman to serve on the council. She was unanimously chosen by ...
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Structural inefficiencies in City’s engineering department need to be address–De Armas, other councillors say
AT this week’s Statutory Meeting of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), held at the Kitty Market, several ...