BOSTON -- May 5, 2026, Boston City Council committee hears four hours of testimony against proposed elimination of school-year youth jobs. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber,
BOSTON -- May 5, 2026, Boston City Council budget panel scrutinizes Planning Department's $29.4 million FY27 spending plan. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, heard
BOSTON -- May 4, 2026, Boston's Ways and Means Committee pressed three city departments on budget cuts, permitting timelines, and summer event readiness at a May 4 FY27 hearing. Inspectional Services Commissioner Tanya
BOSTON -- May 4, 2026, Boston's $207 million streets budget draws fire over stalled safety projects and rescinded federal grants. The City Council's Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District
BOSTON -- May 4, 2026, Boston City Council scrutinizes $207 million streets budget amid stalled projects and rescinded federal grants. Council President Benjamin J. Weber chaired a lengthy May 4 budget hearing on the FY27
BOSTON -- April 30, 2026, Boston Ways and Means Committee hearing draws more than 150 arts advocates against proposed 27 percent arts budget cut. Chair Ben Weber convened the April 30 FY27 budget hearing covering
BOSTON -- April 30, 2026, Boston's Ways and Means Committee draws more than 150 arts advocates opposing a proposed $1 million cut to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. Chair
BOSTON -- April 30, 2026, Boston City Council budget panel scrutinizes $2.6 million in proposed cuts to small business and supplier diversity programs. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councilor
BOSTON -- April 29, 2026, Boston City Council calls for independent probe of in-custody death, approves $32.6 million in preservation funds. The council voted 10 in the affirmative April 29 to call for
BOSTON -- April 28, 2026, Boston residents demand reversal of youth job cuts and $4 million mental health pilot funding at City Hall budget session. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6