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The judge could leave the map as is, or send it back to the Boston City Council, which spent September and October haggling over which precincts go where, for a rewrite. She said she has at most six weeks to resolve the issue, since this year’s municipal election is getting underway.

A federal judge is now weighing what to do with the redistricting map passed by the City Council last fall. The map carves up Dorchester’s Neponset neighborhood, with some voting precincts going to District 3, represented by Frank Baker, and others to District 4’s Brian Worrell. The judge, Patti Saris, could leave the map as is, or send it back to the 13-member Council, which

Lawyers in the case surrounding Boston's voting maps wrapped up oral arguments Wednesday.

After a lengthy debate earlier this week over a proposal to ban mini alcohol bottles in Boston, the proposal will need to find support in the Wu administration to become law.

The fate of Boston's redistricting map — whether it remains or returns to the City Council — is now in the hands of a federal judge.

This week, opponents and defenders of a newly drawn district map, which Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed into law, made their case in federal court. Closing arguments could come on Wednesday.

Boston City Council on Wednesday voted 8-4 to approve a new climate-friendly state building code that strongly discourages the use of fossil fuels in new construction and major renovations citywide.

The redistricting spectacle was back in the spotlight on multiple fronts on Monday, when a sitting congressman was testifying in federal court against the council's process from this past fall and a city councilor filed a hearing order seeking to have the body go back and look at it all again.

A conversation around banning miniature alcohol bottles in Boston drew fierce arguments from both sides of the issue during a Monday afternoon city council hearing.

City councilors heard testimony on a potential ban of miniature bottles of alcohol on Monday.