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BOSTON — February 20, 2026 — Boston City Council panel examines equity and access across the Boston Public Library system's 25 branches. The Committee on Human Services, chaired by Councilor At-Large Aaron Murphy, held a hearing Friday on Docket 0284 ahead of a budget season Murphy warned could bring

BOSTON — February 12, 2026 — Boston City Council hears BPS traveling teachers face parking fines as city ends historical exemptions. The Committee on City Services, chaired by District 2 Councilor Ed Flynn, held a hearing Thursday on Docket 0112 — an order sponsored by Councilor Aaron Murphy — revealing that a Boston Transportation

BOSTON — February 11, 2026 — Boston City Council approves $9.5 million in BPS school repairs and adopts Carville Curry MBTA resolution. The council voted 11-0 on first reading to appropriate $6.5 million for window and door replacements at the Edward Everett Elementary and Richard J. Murphy K-8

BOSTON — February 9, 2026 — Boston Council committee advances $9.5 million for window, door, and roof work at four public schools. The City Council Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Benjamin Weber, on February 9 moved two loan orders toward a full council vote: Docket 0128,

BOSTON — February 4, 2026 — Boston City Council opened its February 4 session with a full quorum but no legislative business was captured in the available broadcast recording. All 12 councillors answered present at roll call: Braden, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Mejia, Vipin, Santana, Weber, and Rowe. The presiding

BOSTON — February 2, 2026 — Boston City Council committee advances $19.4 million in firefighter and school administrator contracts toward a Wednesday vote. The Committee of the Whole, chaired by District 9 Councillor Liz Braden and run by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, reviewed four dockets Monday covering two collective bargaining

BOSTON — January 28, 2026 — Boston City Council defers new operating rules on first meeting day of Braden presidency. Council President Liz Braden, presiding over her inaugural session Wednesday, sought same-day suspension and passage of updated 2026-2027 council rules — a practice she said was standard for more than two

BOSTON — January 5, 2026 — Liz Braden elected Boston City Council president on the first day of the new municipal year, defeating Brian Worrell 7-6 in a contested roll-call vote. Braden, the District 9 councilor representing Allston-Brighton and an immigrant from Northern Ireland, becomes the first openly gay