More than 40 people gathered in front of the Tip O’Neill Federal Building Friday afternoon, despite below-freezing wind chill and light snow, to protest President Donald Trump’s proposed 2019 budget plan. The plan, they said, would make cuts to welfare programs and implement work requirements for housing assistance.

  The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation heard a bill Monday afternoon that proposed extending access of identification cards to the homeless community. H.2737 would allow...

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson filed an expedited hearing order at Wednesday’s City Council meeting in response to the city’s recent resolution to shut down two transitional housing programs...