Boston City Council passed a new measure to increase commercial property taxes last week after Mayor Michelle Wu reached a compromise with local businesses that continues to receive praise and backlash.
Restaurants were originally slated to reopen their outdoor spaces April 1, but Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday the date would be moved up due to a forecast for warmer weather.
Approaching the year anniversary of the shutdown, immigrant-owned businesses in Boston reflect on challenges securing loans and staying afloat through unprecedented economic hardship.
Boston City Councilors Kenzie Bok and Michelle Wu are proposing a city-level “Conservation Corps” to support Boston’s climate and sustainability goals.
Modeled after the Civilian Conservation...
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
The Mayor’s Office will conduct its second Boston Childcare Survey alongside this year’s Annual Resident Listing. Meanwhile, a separate bill pushing to establish universal child care in Massachusetts is circulating the statehouse.
