As she asked her colleagues yesterday to approve a hearing on the role of artificial intelligence in municipal government, Councilor Sharon Durkan (Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, Mission Hill) occasionally stumbled over her words. Read more.
Boston councilor asks for hearing on role of AI in city government - by reading speech written by AI
By adamg - Thu, 03/20/2025 - 10:41am
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By adamg - Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:30pm
The Boston City Council today agreed to consider how to recruit and train federal workers "who have recently fallen victim to draconian, mass layoffs without cause" for at least some of the 2,000 positions the city now has open. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 03/19/2025 - 3:58pm
The Boston City Council today almost approved a $350,000 "arts and parks" grant from the Red Sox Foundation intended largely to benefit the Fenway neighborhood as thanks for putting up with all those Sox games and concerts, but put off any vote after a discussion that ended with one councilor bringing up rich people on Beacon Hill and the White Stadium controversy, and another councilor complaining about the crappy, wilting, lopsided Christmas tree the city put up in Nubian Square this past Christmas. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 03/12/2025 - 1:38pm
Boston city councilors today declared Boston a sanctuary city for transgender people - but said that's only the start of drafting specific ordinances to back that up. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 03/04/2025 - 1:33pm
At-large Boston city councilors Ruthzee Louijeune and Julia Mejia will join with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and the ACLU tomorrow to support protections for immigrant communities. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:46pm
The Boston City Council today voted 12-1 to approve a request to the state legislature to let Boston temporarily increase the tax rate on commercial property to try to ease the tax burden on residential property owners caused by the sharp decrease in the value of commercial buildings downtown. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 02/12/2025 - 12:21pm
City Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown) today blocked immediate council action to accept a $14.4-million federal grant for safety improvements at 50 intersections across the city. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 2:03pm
The Boston City Council today voted unanimously to prohibit councilors from requiring their employees to sign NDAs or similar documents as a condition of employment. Read more.
By adamg - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 9:11am
The Dorchester Reporter introduces us to the people who have come a step closer to running for one of the four at-large seats on the City Council this fall, by filing paperwork with the state.
By adamg - Thu, 01/16/2025 - 12:55pm
City Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown) said yesterday the city should expand its side-street speed-hump program to the city's main thoroughfares - and lower the citywide speed limit - to reduce the number of pedestrians sent to the grave by impatient speeders. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 2:48pm
The City Council today unanimously approved a $110-million fund to help finance new housing in the city through low-cost loans for new housing that meets certain city criteria for affordable units, the use of minority- and women-owned subcontractors and climate resiliency. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 01/13/2025 - 2:19pm
The Boston City Council on Wednesday will consider a request from Councilor Sharon Durkan to look at a "sugar-sweetened beverage tax" as a way to curb various health woes - in large part by raising money that could be used to fight scourges such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 01/13/2025 - 10:11am
Mayor Wu said today she'll ask the City Council to ask the state Legislature to increase commercial tax rates over a three-year-period to help ease the tax burden on homeowners - and hopes that now that homeowners have actually gotten their tax bills, state Sen. Nick Collins of South Boston might change his mind about letting his constituents get walloped. Read more.
By adamg - Sun, 01/12/2025 - 9:28am
The Herald reports Councilor Ed Flynn has concluded he can't raise enough money to take on incumbent Michelle Wu, so will instead run for re-election this year.
By adamg - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 2:27pm
The City Council today agreed to look at eliminating current parking requirements for residential development across the city as a way of spurring new housing - although some councilors vowed to fight the proposal, warning it would destroy Boston's working class and drive low-income residents out of the city. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 12/19/2024 - 11:27am
Say hello to Brian Foley, who now that the national election is over and he no longer has to wave his Trump flag around Southie and getting into fights with teenagers, is supposedly running for the District 2 (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown) city council seat now held by Ed Flynn.
By adamg - Wed, 12/18/2024 - 11:01am
We already knew that Said Ahmed is planning to run for the District 7 seat now held by Tania Fernandes Anderson.
Politico reports that Said Abdikarim, who ran for an at-large seat last time (you may remember him from the orange shirt he always wears), is running in District 7 this time. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 12/12/2024 - 3:42pm
In what has become an annual December rite, Boston city councilors yesterday approved a federal homeland-security grant only after a sometimes pitched battle over the roll of Boston Police in collecting information on Boston residents - and the way the council schedules votes on things. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 6:25pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the quick vote today by the Boston City Council to set tax rates that could mean a more than 10% increase for residential property owners after state senators refused to OK a deal between Mayor Wu and local business groups on a three-year measure to east that burden somewhat by letting the city increase commercial tax rates. The council also approved the usual tax break for residential owners who live in their own homes.
By adamg - Fri, 12/06/2024 - 11:56am
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