Boston Mayor Michelle Wu proposed a $4.6 billion budget to the City Council with a reminder of her intertwined proposal that would seek to absorb the “shock” of higher residential property taxes by taxing businesses beyond the state limit. Wu rolled out her recommended city budget for fiscal year 2025, per a correspondence filed with … Read more
The Boston City Council wants to raise the maximum age requirement for entry into the police academy to 45 to “allow more residents with different life experiences and backgrounds to become officers and better serve the city.” Candidates must be younger than the age 40 to become a cop in the city — a requirement … Read more
In the wake of two pedestrian fatalities, including the death of a 4-year-old girl, over the past week, the Boston City Council plans to explore a citywide reduction of the speed limit from 25 to 20 mph to enhance street safety. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
The migrant crisis is expected to impact Boston’s budget next fiscal year, the mayor said, pointing to the steady influx of new arrivals straining the city’s adult shelter system and increased services needed for children entering the schools. Mayor Michelle Wu, who may propose her budget to the City Council next month, did not get … Read more
The Boston City Council will take a look at expanding handicapped parking access to women entering the late stage of their pregnancy, on the premise that their condition is debilitating enough at that point to qualify for the exemption. Councilor John FitzGerald, a father of three who introduced the hearing order Wednesday on a recommendation … Read more
A Boston city councilor backed by the mayor this past election canceled a hearing he was chairing on a push from two of his colleagues looking to expand a mayoral initiative that waives museum fees for BPS students to include all schoolchildren. The office of Councilor Henry Santana, who previously worked for the mayor, sent … Read more
A Boston city councilor who brought a congestion pricing measure before the body Wednesday said her push for a discussion does not necessarily mean that she is taking a position on implementing a policy that would tax drivers for Hub access. “While we want to be transit-oriented and we agree that carbon emissions is the … Read more
The City Council plans to debate bringing congestion pricing to Boston, a policy long kicked around at the state level that would charge drivers higher fees with the aim of reducing traffic and funding transit improvements. A hearing order on the matter, filed by City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, will be presented for possible debate … Read more
United Way, which has partnered with the state to identify shelter space for migrant families, is officially “evaluating” a church group’s proposal for such a use in a Fort Point office building in Boston’s bustling Seaport neighborhood. Despite the pushback vocalized by several South Boston elected officials since last Thursday’s news that the state was … Read more
A South Boston lawmaker cautioned the state against using a Fort Point office building for a migrant overflow shelter, saying that squeezing families together in a space without proper bathroom facilities could lead to a “public health crisis.” Speaking at an evening press conference two days after the news broke that the state was considering … Read more
