A Boston city councilor is pressing the mayor to provide details on what steps the city will take to blunt the impact of a projected double-digit residential tax increase next year, amid revelations that her bid to raise commercial tax rates is all but dead on Beacon Hill. Originally Published: August 8, 2024 at 7:40 … Read more
Former Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license in connection with a June 2023 crash, and was sentenced to probation and ordered to apologize to the elderly woman whose home she hit, court records show. Originally Published: August 7, 2024 at 8:14 p.m. Read original article here Denial of … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took a shot at the Massachusetts Senate for failing to move on her bid to raise commercial tax rates, prompting a sharp retort from the Senate president who indicated in her remarks that the bill is all but dead. Originally Published: August 6, 2024 at 7:02 p.m. Read original article here … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to provide tax relief to homeowners by raising commercial tax rates stalled, and died for now, in the Massachusetts Senate, leaving the mayor disappointed and the bill’s critics taking a victory lap. Originally Published: August 1, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more
State Sen. Nick Collins is joining the chorus of voices calling for a new approach to combat Boston’s revived open-air drug market at Mass and Cass, saying that the mayor’s decision to put housing before treatment is what doomed her plan. Originally Published: July 30, 2024 at 5:11 a.m. Read original article here Denial of … Read more
Nearly half a million working-age residents of Massachusetts have limited English-language proficiency, representing another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other states with lower taxes and cost of living. The roughly 480,000 residents with limited English proficiency represents approximately 10% of the state workforce, and may be a significant undercount, … Read more
The Boston City Council is considering deploying birth control to cut down on the city’s rat population as an alternative to killing rodents with poison, which has inadvertently led to the deaths of local pets and wildlife. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here Denial … Read more
The Boston City Council passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special commission to address office vacancies and declining values four months ago, but one councilor says the Wu administration has not acted on the recommendation. Councilor Ed Flynn said he’s been trying to “sound the alarm” on the issue “for some time” … Read more
Boston’s mayor said there are no plans to transition a building that’s been sheltering migrant and homeless adults for months back into a Mass and Cass addiction outreach center despite the crowds and drug use returning to the area. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article … Read more
The heat will finally be gone as Celtics fans line the championship parade route, but it’s still going to feel quite sticky out there during the victory celebration on Friday. The heat wave is thankfully ending for the Boston-area, as city temps during the parade will be cooler in the low 80s. The humidity won’t … Read more
