Since nomination applications opened two weeks ago, more than 50 Boston residents have applied to become candidates in the 2019 Boston City Council elections, according to WBUR, hoping to be chosen by voters to fill one of 13 open seats in November.
As the opioid crisis persists in Massachusetts, local leaders at City Hall are calling on the state legislature to help alleviate Boston of the immense pressure of handling this epidemic on their own.
In a move that would raise the city’s revenue, City Council President Bill Linehan presented a proposed tax on alcoholic beverages before the Committee on Government Operations at a public hearing at...
