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Boston's disability advisory board hears adaptive sports expansion, BPS inclusion gaps at July meeting. The Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board unanimously approved its April and May meeting minutes at its July 19 session, chaired by Wesley Ireland.

Boston launches a three-event Open Streets series closing up to two miles of neighborhood roadway to cars. The city announced the program July 19, with Chief of Streets Yasha Franklin Hodge and Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Shugun Itawu among the officials present.

BOSTON — July 17, 2026 — Boston City Council hears testimony on bringing an HBCU satellite campus to the city, with RCC president announcing a new partnership with Johnson C. Smith University. The Education Committee convened August 26 under docket 1283, a hearing order sponsored by District 4 Councilor Brian Worrell and

BOSTON — July 17, 2026 — Boston council hears how city coordinates public safety across hundreds of large events each year. The City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice held a February 13 oversight hearing on Docket 0163, convened by at-large Councilor and Chair Henry Santana alongside co-sponsors

BOSTON — July 16, 2026 — Boston City Council takes public testimony on proposal to bring an HBCU satellite campus to the city. The Education Committee hearing on docket 1283, co-sponsored by District 4 Councilor Brian Worrell and Council President Ruthie Louie Jen, drew more than a dozen testifiers and revealed

BOSTON — July 16, 2026 — Boston City Council scrutinizes large-event safety infrastructure and federal funding risks. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice held a hearing Thursday on Docket 0163, sponsored by Councilors Aaron Murphy, Ed Flynn, and Enrique Pepin, examining how the city's five core public

BOSTON — July 15, 2026 — Boston City Council holds first public hearing on proposal to bring an HBCU satellite campus to the city. The Education Committee, chaired by At-Large Councilor Henry Santana and convened by co-sponsor District 4 Councilor Brian Worrell, gathered more than a dozen in-person and

BOSTON — July 15, 2026 — Boston public safety chiefs tell City Council the event-safety system is strong but federally funded equipment and training are at risk. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, chaired by At-Large Councilor Henry Santana, convened a February 13 hearing on Docket 0163, sponsored

BOSTON — July 7, 2026 — Former Massachusetts Senate President William Bulger discussed his transition to the University of Massachusetts presidency and raised alarms about declining electoral competition on the public-access program Dorchester Connection. Bulger, who spent 35 years in the legislature before taking the UMass helm after predecessor Michael Hooker&