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Menino said budget prioritizes community engagement, while investing in people and infrastructure.
The new rule bans clerks from earning money for performing marriages during workdays.
Two City Councilors are holding a hearing today to discuss the possibility of making Black History a mandatory subject at Boston Public High Schools. Is this something you support?
Two Boston City Councilors and two Boston state representatives testified about why they feel the high school dropout age should be raised from 16 to 18. What do you think?
"A DNA profile can be obtained from a person’s inner cheek quickly, easily, and inexpensively with just a cotton swab. But our laws on this important evidence demand that a licensed phlebotomist take the sample in a blood drawing."
The council unanimously approved a resolution urging the Massachusetts General Court to reject a "Stand Your Ground" style bill currently in the senate.
Group holds People's Assembly inside the State House.
The MBTA faces a budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year which begins July 1.
The proposed increases would be disproportionately detrimental to youth, seniors and the disabled, protesters say.
Highlights from the Boston City Council's weekly meeting.
The City of Boston is paying Simon Glik $170,000 to settle a civil lawsuit resulting from his arrest on Boston Common in 2007 for filming police officers. What's your take?
Each spring 36 young people are selected to represent their neighborhoods as volunteers on a citywide board.
Efficiencies in choosing which precincts would get Chinese and Vietnamese ballots, plus shifting costs to the state for state ballots, would create the city's savings.
An online calculator, launched by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, lets people play around with the T's budget and find solutions to its fiscal woes.
City Council passed a resolution calling for a "three strikes" bill working its way through the legislature to let judges keep control over sentencing, among other recommendations.
Capobianco, LoConte, Marston and Murphy win top committee spots.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's Republican primary, according to the CNN, NBC and the Associated Press.
'Super Tuesday' races fail to bring out many voters.
The former Massachusetts governor is back in the Bay State for Super Tuesday.
The complete ballots for Beacon Hill precincts.
Information for Beacon Hill voters on how to find your polling locations.
MBTA riders gathered to express their sentiments regarding possible fare hikes and service cuts.
The Boston City Council recessed more than half a dozen times dancing around proposed resolution about three strikes legislation on the state level.
The report includes data on Hubway's success and a list of awards the city has won for being bike- and pedestrian-friendly.
Councilors Mike Ross and Felix Arroyo have been working to pass a Home Rule Petition to allow city regulation of commercial trash collection.
State Justices ruled this week that party hosts would not be held liable if underage guests drink and drive and cause injury or death as a result.
The group chooses who will represent them at the state Democratic Convention.
City councilor Matt O'Malley wants to make Boston's streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Does the Mayor's recent State of The City speech signify the end of busing? Or does the word "busing" itself hinder the process for the ultimate goal of better schools?
Boston teens worked with the city's Public Health Commission to choose "Marvin's Room" by Drake as the unhealthiest song (in relationship terms) in 2011.
Some on the council said the bill would be bad for Boston; others wanted more information.
Boston's changed a lot since Kevin White was mayor. What's going to happen during the next couple of decades and is our city prepared for its future?
Speaking to the Somerville Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Michael Capuano said "zealots" in Congress are not willing to compromise.
Discussing the Tim Thomas affair.
White led the city during some tumultuous years. Where and when do you think he made his biggest impact?
Kevin White, former Mayor of Boston, will lie in state at the Parkman House on Tuesday before his public funeral St. Cecilia Parish in the Back Bay on Wednesday.
Matt O'Malley wants the council to look at innovative ways to curtail speeding in Boston's neighborhoods.
Menino said "a radically different student assignment plan" will be adopted by next school year.
The City Council adopted a rule change that no longer requires that City Council President to step down at the end of a one-year term.