Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to end the city’s annual Veterans Day Parade by signing legislation passed by the City Council that will adjust the property tax exemption for veteran homeowners to reflect cost-of-living increases. Originally Published: November 8, 2024 at 7:47 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an … Read more
Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune said city and district officials are working to improve the BPS transportation issues on WCVB on Sunday, pushing back on the idea of state interference at this point. Originally Published: September 29, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more
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
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
Boston’s police chief said he won’t delay signing a new contract for continued use of ShotSpotter technology that “saves lives,” shrugging off concerns from city councilors around its effectiveness and perceived overuse in communities of color. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In … 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
A Boston city councilor with a record of ducking key public safety votes and overseeing a budget last year that sought to cut millions from the police department left the room this week to avoid voting on four police contract funding requests. Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was present for the Wednesday City Council meeting, but … 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 Boston City Council finally approved a $13 million federal counter-terrorism grant for the region on Wednesday, but the vote was not without fireworks, with several councilors pointing to a lack of transparency around how it was handled. The anti-terror grant, blocked in December and again last week when it was sent to committee, was … Read more
Ruthzee Louijeune cruised to a 13-0 sweep to become the next president of the Boston City Council, but the vote may have been manipulated by former Councilor Tito Jackson, who reportedly asked another candidate to step aside to make it unanimous. The Herald has learned that another at-large councilor, Julia Mejia, was asked not to … Read more
