A state senator is seeking a change in Massachusetts law that would strip the Boston City Council of its authority to approve public safety grants, after the body’s “embarrassing” vote to reject $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/15/boston-city-council-slammed-for-embarrassing-vote-to-block-13m-counter-terrorism-grant/

Boston City Council absences weigh down…

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/08/boston-city-council-absences-weigh-down-participatory-budgeting-vote-which-fails/

Durkan continued, “I’m running for Boston City Council, District 8, because I want to make meaningful progress on the issues that matter most to Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Mission Hill, the West End and Fenway.

Source: http://beaconhilltimes.com/2023/05/03/kenzie-bok-endorses-sharon-durkan-to-succeed-her-as-next-district-8-city-councilor/

The Boston City Council is considering a measure that would grant immigrants with “legal status” but without full citizenship the right to vote in local elections.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/11/15/boston-city-council-weighing-voting-rights-for-immigrants-with-legal-status/

The endorsement, first reported by Politico, is the mayor’s latest effort to back her former employees in the Boston City Council race, ahead of the Sept. 12 preliminary.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/21/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-endorses-enrique-pepen-for-city-council-rejecting-ricardo-arroyo/

This comes a day after the Boston City Council passed what would be a seismic change to the school committee, phasing out the all-mayor-appointed current setup to be replaced by a 13-member all-elected crew with two student voting members.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/16/no-clue-yet-from-wu-on-boston-school-committee-bill/