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The Boston City Council held its final formal meeting of the year last Wednesday— but the body’s leader wants to reconvene next week to reconsider its earlier decision to refuse $13.3 million in federal aid for anti-terror measures in the city. Mayor Wu filed an order to authorize the city to accept the money, but the council did not muster enough support to approve the funds.

In an unusual rebuke of his hometown’s local elected officials, a senator from Boston wants to strip cities and towns of authority over some grants designed to support public health and safety. Sen. Nick Collins, a Democrat, filed legislation with Republican Sen.

An “embarrassing” vote by the Boston City Council has led to movement on Beacon Hill, where a bill that would strip the body of its authority to approve public safety grants was referred to a legislative committee for further review. 

Boston is poised to permit foreign nationals to meddle in American politics. The city council passed a measure last week that would allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections. Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu, fresh off backing a race-segregated Christmas party, will first have to sign...

Mayor Michelle Wu once again defended the Electeds of Color party, held last Wednesday night, which excluded all white officials, blamed the unnamed councilor who leaked the invitation.

A state senator is seeking a change in Massachusetts law that would strip the Boston City Council of its authority to approve public safety grants, after the body’s “embarrassing” vote to reject $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding.

In a blistering op-ed for the Boston Herald , Howie Carr called the electeds of color event a Wu Klux Klan gathering - and called out liberals for ignoring the scandal.

The Democrat continued to downplay the scandal that has erupted over the segregated party on Friday, as she shared the group photo on her Instagram .

The initiative seeks to allow immigrants who are not US citizens but live and pay taxes in Boston to participate in municipal elections. The sponsors say that immigrants with “legal status” constitute more than a quarter of Boston’s population and pay on average $2.3 billion in taxes annually.

The Boston City Council approved a home rule petition that grants immigrants with “legal status” the ability to vote in local elections, over concerns that the move could jeopardize their path to attaining full citizenship.