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Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara blasted three of her colleagues for spreading “unsubstantiated” information about the death of a transgender person at a South Boston apartment, saying their comments may incite hate crimes.

It’s good to watch a production that refuses to spell it out for you, but the tradeoff is that J.M. Synge play can feel a little impenetrable at times

The majority of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s budget vetoes will stand after the City Council failed to garner enough votes for four of five override proposals.

Four separate override votes to the mayor’s budget failed to garner the necessary two-thirds support of the 12 members. A fifth override that did pass will bring a $584,000 bump in pay for municipal officers.

Boston’s usually sleepy City Council midterms have taken a rare turn in the last few weeks: Two of Mayor Wu’s senior City Hall staffers have pivoted to the campaign trail, becoming candidates challenging incumbent councillors. Add in a longtime Wu supporter running without opposition for an open City Council seat, and as many as three current or former Wu employees could soon

Lara alleged that "unsubstantiated stories" about an incident in a BHA apartment "stoked homophobic and transphobic rhetoric."

An apparent overdose near four children in a rundown South Boston apartment has politicians calling for an immediate cleanup of the drug activity and squatting that had already been proliferating at that particular public housing complex.

The fire union is pushing back at the mayor and police, saying firefighters stand by what they reported after rushing into a South Boston apartment this past weekend, a matter that triggered a 51A child-neglect alert.

Boston police also clarified that drugs and sex toys were not found in the apartment and that children were not hidden from authorities.

The City of Boston is moving forward with plans to add bike lanes and reconfigure streets in two neighborhoods, despite heavy opposition from residents.