A fiscal watchdog is cautioning Mayor Michelle Wu against moving forward with her plan to raise property taxes on Boston businesses beyond the state limit, saying that there are better alternatives that won’t hurt the city’s economy. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
The Boston City Council approved a measure that would cut the required training for fire cadets in half, from two years to one, to attract more recruits and diversify the ranks, over concerns that such a change would impact firefighter safety. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
Neighbors and park advocates who unsuccessfully sought to stall the city and a professional women’s soccer team’s plans to restore and use Franklin Park’s White Stadium vowed to keep fighting both parties in court. Representatives from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and a group of residents who joined their lawsuit against the city and Boston Unity … Read more
A Boston city councilor raised concerns over what he described as an unpermitted marathon that took place on city streets this past Saturday, with roughly 200 runners winding through neighborhoods without police traffic enforcement. Dubbed an “unofficial” or “unsanctioned” marathon on the mayor’s public schedule and the Race Roster site, respectively, 26.TRUE has been held … Read more
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
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
A mayoral ordinance creating Boston’s first planning department in seven decades divided the City Council but was ultimately approved, marking a major win for the mayor in her larger plans to restructure city development. The Boston City Council voted, 8-3-2, to approve an amended version of an ordinance put forward by Mayor Michelle Wu in … 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
Mayor Michelle Wu stood by her position that the city will not consider applying the initiative granting BPS students free access to museums to other students on Sunday. “This was a very carefully negotiated opportunity over the course of an entire year of conversations and negotiations,” Wu said, visiting the Boston Children’s Museum with her … 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
