BOSTON -- May 12, 2026, Boston City Council budget hearing draws packed room over equity office grant cuts. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, convened a nearly three-
BOSTON — May 12, 2026 — Boston's Equity and Inclusion Cabinet faces a $3 million budget cut in fiscal year 2027, eliminating all community grant programs. The Committee on Ways and Means heard testimony
BOSTON -- May 11, 2026, Boston City Council questions fire department on $1.4 million cancer screening funding gap. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, heard from newly installed
BOSTON -- May 8, 2026, Boston City Council reviews pothole repair operations, downtown repaving, and a 311 system overhaul ahead of FIFA matches. At a Thursday hearing on Docket 0515, Chair Ed Flynn and Councilor
BOSTON -- May 7, 2026, Boston's City Council Ways and Means Committee pressed Police Commissioner Michael Cox and command staff on overtime spending, the long-delayed civilian flagger program, and officer wellness at
BOSTON -- May 7, 2026, Boston City Council presses BPD on overtime and civilian flaggers during FY27 budget hearing. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, spent nearly three hours
BOSTON -- May 7, 2026, Boston City Council pressed Police Commissioner Michael Cox on chronic overtime overruns and deteriorating conditions in Nubian Square at a May 7 Ways and Means budget hearing on the department&
BOSTON -- May 7, 2026, Boston City Council's Ways and Means Committee questioned Police Commissioner Michael Cox over chronic overtime overruns, Nubian Square conditions, and FIFA-related crime risks at the department'
BOSTON -- May 6, 2026, Boston City Council honors Roxbury civil rights family, routes $31 million in funding to committee. At its May 6 meeting, the council passed a formal resolution declaring May 11 George
BOSTON -- May 5, 2026, Boston's Planning Department defended a $29.4 million FY27 budget while fielding sharp questions about housing production, zoning flexibility, and ADU delays during a May 5 Ways and