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BOSTON — April 15, 2026 — Boston City Council advances real estate transfer fee Home Rule Petition 11 to 1 on One Boston Day. The council voted April 15 to send Docket 0163 to the State House, where it must clear a legislative hearing before July. The petition, led by Councillors Henry

BOSTON — April 14, 2026 — Boston council presses administration on $4.4 billion capital plan as libraries and community centers remain stalled. At a April 14 Ways and Means hearing chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, the administration presented a FY2027-2031 plan spanning 321 projects financed primarily through general

BOSTON — April 14, 2026 — Boston's City Council opens FY27 budget review of a $4.9 billion plan with the slowest growth in years. Chair Benjamin J. Weber convened the Committee on Ways and Means on April 14, with Chief Financial Officer Ashley Groffenberger and Budget Director Jim Williamson

BOSTON — April 13, 2026 — Boston City Council committee reviews $11.5 million in police grants ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, chaired by At-Large Councillor Henry Santana, held an April 13 hearing on a $10,925,140.07 federal Counter Unmanned

BOSTON — April 13, 2026 — Boston City Council committee examines $11.5 million in police grants ahead of FIFA World Cup summer. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, chaired by Councillor Henry Santana, heard testimony Monday on four dockets, headlined by a $10,925,140.07 Counter Unmanned Aircraft

BOSTON — April 13, 2026 — Boston's construction workforce diversity policy falls short on resident and women hiring. The City Council's Committee on Labor and Economic Development, chaired by District 4 Councilor Brian Worrell, held a virtual hearing April 13 to review the Boston Resident Jobs Policy, with

BOSTON — April 10, 2026 — Boston City Council committee holds third hearing on real estate transfer fee home rule petition. The Committee on Government Operations, chaired by District 1 Councillor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, convened April 10 on Docket 0163, a petition sponsored by Councillors Henry Santana, Councillor Louis-Jean, and Sharon

BOSTON — April 9, 2026 — Boston City Council examines reviving the Red Shirts youth cleanup program amid staffing shortages. The Committee on Labor and Economic Development held a hearing April 9 on Docket 0168, sponsored by District 1 Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, who cited visible litter emergencies in East Boston and

BOSTON — April 9, 2026 — Boston's City Council labor committee held a hearing Thursday on reviving the Red Shirts Program, Mayor Menino's 1990s youth cleanup initiative, as a modern component of existing youth employment infrastructure. Committee Chair Brian Worrell convened the hearing on Docket No. 0168, sponsored

BOSTON — April 8, 2026 — Boston City Council honored two workforce and community organizations with formal resolutions at its April 8 meeting. Councilor Miniard Culpepper presented citations to the New England Center for Arts and Technology, a tuition-free culinary training nonprofit founded in 2013, and to Higher Ground Boston, a