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Councilors noted concerns about ongoing inequities in the district, the lack of a long-term facilities plan, declining enrollment, and worrisome student performance.

Proponents, including the City Council president, say ranked choice voting gives residents more agency in the democratic process.

After contentious deliberations, the council also voted to approve more than $450 million for capital projects, but delayed making a decision on the Boston Public Schools budget.

For right now, the answer is yes. But industry observers cautioned that these developments don’t necessarily mean all Steward’s facilities will survive.

After 34 years as a nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Susan Church is worried about losing the job she loves and the community she cares for, as...

A Boston city councilor plans to ask her colleagues to declare support for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War in a measure edited to tone down incendiary language that stated Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration is working to formalize the creation of a rat czar position in Boston, a rodent-killing job that would be handled by a current city employee already considered to be the lead on municipal pest-control operations.

“Pest control is critical to our residents’ quality of life,” declared District Two Councilor Ed Flynn of South Boston, who is sponsoring the pest office measure for the second year in a row.

Boston's pest control efforts need to be streamlined, some officials argue, as residents struggle to rat-proof their vehicles.

The Boston City Council passed a resolution in a 12-0 vote commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility for the first time in the body’s history at its meeting on Wednesday, March 27.  Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated annually on March 31. According to the Human Rights Campaign, the day is to “celebrate the joy and...