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BOSTON — June 12, 2026 — Boston City Council housing committee advances $79 million in federal HUD grants covering homelessness, housing, and economic development. The Committee on Housing and Community Development, chaired by District 5 Councilor Tania Pepin, heard presentations Friday on five grant authorizations: a $16.8 million Community Development Block

BOSTON — June 10, 2026 — Boston City Council approves $8.1 million FY27 budget amendment package hours before a midnight deadline. Council At Large Benjamin Weber, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, presented the package restoring funding cut from the mayor's proposed budget, including $2 million for housing

BOSTON — June 5, 2026 — Boston City Council committee endorses nine historic preservation nominees across three commissions. The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, chaired by District 8 Councilor Sharon Durkin, held a virtual confirmatory hearing June 5 on nine appointments and reappointments sponsored by Mayor Michelle Wu to the Back

BOSTON — June 4, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears four hours of testimony demanding abolition of the city's regional intelligence fusion center. The Committee on Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement, chaired by District 7 Councilor Mignard Culpepper and co-sponsored by Councilors Julia Mejia and Henry

BOSTON — June 4, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears testimony on citywide proposal to eliminate residential parking minimums. The Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation held a June 4 hearing on Docket 0809, a 35-page text amendment sponsored by District 8 Councilor Sharon Durkin, At-Large Councilor Henry Santana,

BOSTON — June 3, 2026 — Boston City Council's June 3 meeting leaves no reportable record. The community access TV recording provided for the meeting yielded a transcript of a single phrase — "Thank you." — with no deliberation, votes, named officials, or public comment captured. It is unclear whether

BOSTON — June 3, 2026 — Boston City Council passes $1.73 billion BPS budget 8 to 5 but punts the full city operating budget to its June 10 charter deadline. Ways and Means Committee Chair Councillor Ben Webber recommended passage of the Boston Public Schools fiscal year 2027 spending plan, which

BOSTON — May 27, 2026 — Boston Council committee grills BPS finance chief over $22.8 million supplemental appropriation request. The Ways and Means Committee heard testimony Wednesday from Boston Public Schools Chief Financial Officer David Bloom on Docket 1031, which would appropriate $22,845,672 to cover health insurance overruns of

BOSTON — May 27, 2026 — Boston's Ways and Means Committee heard a $47.1 million supplemental budget request Wednesday to cover snow and winter management costs for fiscal year 2026. Budget Director Jim Williamson and Chief Financial Officer Ashley Groffenberger told councilors the appropriation, funded by free cash, is

BOSTON — May 26, 2026 — Boston residents flood City Hall to oppose Mayor Wu's proposed FY2027 budget cuts. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 City Councilor Ben Weber, held its fourth and final public testimony listening session Tuesday, drawing an overflow crowd that required fire-