Have you ever opened your property tax bill and wondered how the City came up with that number? A Boston City Council hearing will take a closer look at how residential properties are assessed across the city. The hearing will…
Published 1:30 pm Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Students may start locking up their cellphones statewide next school year if a newly proposed bill passes the 2027 legislative session. The Phone-Free Schools Act, one of Gov. Bob Ferguson’s top legislative priorities, would change how phones…
City Councilor Ed Flynn accused Mayor Michelle Wu of directing the MBTA to take down new ads that criticized Boston Public Schools for “failing” students. Signs from local education nonprofit MassPotential’s roughly $1.5 million ad campaign launched on MBTA trains and…
Boston pays dozens of DEI bureaucrats six-figure salaries despite budgeting struggles Washington Examiner The city of Boston pays dozens of diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats six-figure salaries totaling more than $3.6 million, despite its all-Democrat City Council recently dipping into emergency…
eastietimes.com Boston City Councilors Coletta Zapata, Weber and Santana introduce amendments to the surveillance oversight ordinance During last week’s Boston City Council Meeting, Councilors Gabriela Coletta Zapata (District 1) Benjamin J. Weber (District 6) and Henry Santana (At-Large) introduced Docket #1796: “Ordinance…
From local jail operations to neighborhood zoning controversies, the Burien City Council covered significant ground during its Sept. 28, 2026 meeting. Councilmembers received an operational update on the SCORE jail, heard passionate public commentary on proposed zoning changes and immigrant protections, and…
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