The City Council held its final formal meeting of the year on Dec. 13, but its leader wants to reconvene this week to reconsider an earlier decision to refuse $13.3 million in federal aid for anti-terror measures in the city. Mayor Wu filed an order to authorize the city to accept the money, but the council failed to muster enough support to approve the funds. Her order was
The Boston City Council held its final formal meeting of the year last Wednesday but the body’s leader wants to reconvene next week to reconsider its earlier decision to refuse $13.3 million in federal aid for anti-terror measures in the city. Mayor Wu filed an order to authorize the city to accept the money, but the council did not muster enough support to approve the funds.
In an unusual rebuke of his hometown’s local elected officials, a senator from Boston wants to strip cities and towns of authority over some grants designed to support public health and safety. Sen. Nick Collins, a Democrat, filed legislation with Republican Sen.
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City councillors on Wednesday narrowly voted to remove the mayor’s control of the Boston School Committee. The approved home rule petition, which would need support from mayor and State House leaders before it can become law, seeks a phased shift from a mayorally appointed panel to an elected body. Mayor Michelle Wu has said she opposes a fully elected school committee,