Councilors noted concerns about ongoing inequities in the district, the lack of a long-term facilities plan, declining enrollment, and worrisome student performance.
Two city councilors pushing to include all schoolchildren in a new mayoral initiative that waives museum admission fees for Boston Public Schools students had their proposal blocked by a councilor endorsed by the mayor this past election.
Rats run rampant through the streets of Boston. This pest problem is not new, but Boston residents continue to grow frustrated. Orkin’s 2023 Most Rat-Infested Cities list ranked Boston as the thirteenth rattiest city in the country. Now, the president of the Boston City Council, Edward “Ed” Flynn, is trying to make a difference. Flynn.
The main purpose behind the ordinance is to improve urban tree canopy for communities that are disproportionately affected by lack of it, said City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, a co-sponsor of the proposal.
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