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Redistricting, like elections, is about the future. That didn’t stop at least one councillor, angry over the new boundaries of his Dorchester district and the carving of Neponset, from inexplicably bringing up the Troubles in Northern Ireland from decades ago. But the dust is settling on the new map, signed by Mayor Wu on Nov. 7, and many of the district councillors now have

Boston was once again ranked as one of the “rattiest” cities in America, as officials mull solutions to the issue.

Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday formally ended a raucous political brouhaha on Monday when she signed off on a map that redraws the boundaries of the nine City Council districts a year before voters go to the polls for the next municipal election. The once-a-decade process known as redistricting typically heightens tensions inside City Hall, as councillors are forced to grapple

Councilor Frank Baker made anti-Protestant remarks directed at Councilor Liz Breadon, an immigrant from Northern Ireland, this week.

Council also overrode Wu's pay raise veto.

After weeks of acerbic arguments and backbiting over the city’s political boundaries, councillors voted 9 to 4 to send Mayor Wu a City Council map that reshapes districts anchored in Dorchester and South Boston. Councillor Frank Baker’s Dorchester-based District 3 is set to shift north, deeper into South Boston, picking up public housing developments while losing the precincts

Under the new proposal, councilors will still get to $125,000 a year, but it will take until 2026. Read more on Boston.com.

The once-in-a-decade re-examination of the city's political boundaries was anything but smooth. Read more on Boston.com.

Boston City Councillors are expected to take another run at a map that redraws the political boundaries of the city as some are calling for a halt to the process, known as redistricting. Allston-Brighton Councillor Liz Breadon on Monday released the latest map she expects to bring to the Council chamber floor for a vote on Wednesday.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved Roxbury Prep's plans for a four-story, 800-student high school at 71 Proctor St., across from Clifford Park - which the school pledged to help clean up. The approval comes just six weeks after the BPDA also approved the project. Roxbury Prep developed its Proctor Street proposal after the BPDA sat on its earlier proposal for