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The City Council has introduced an ordinance to publish a biannual list of Boston’s worst landlords. The new “Bad Landlords List” will document property owners with persistent, serious housing code [...]

Rat experts gathered in Boston this week for the second annual National Urban Rodent Summit. The two-day event brought together rodentologists, pest management pros, and public health officials from across [...]

The City Council voiced support for mail-in voting as the United States Postal Service (USPS) imposed additional requirements on vote-by-mail systems ahead of the midterms. “Mail-in voting is an important [...]

The City Council has extended unanimous support to striking workers at Encore Boston Harbor, pledging not to patronize the casino until workers are offered a fair contract. Around 1,350 casino [...]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety held its first meeting since July to deliberate on months of hearing orders related to public safety initiatives and violence-prevention strategies with the [...]

Returning to the Council Chambers after the birth of her son, Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata filed a new ordinance that would provide city employees with their full salary for the [...]

A decade after legal weed came to Massachusetts, Ballot Question 8 seeks to recriminalize recreational marijuana and to limit the amount a person under 21 can possess. Voting yes on [...]

State senators are pursuing a new “fun agenda” amendment package to loosen Massachusetts’s notorious alcohol laws. “Not everybody’s fun is the same fun,” said Senator Adam Gomez. “It could be [...]

Boston’s City Council endorsed two bills before the State Legislature that would give cities and towns the ability to use road safety cameras to address dangerous driving behaviors. The bills, [...]

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the City of Boston have partnered to build flood protection along the city’s extensive 47-mile coastline. The USACE proposes a 16-mile [...]