Excel High School will close on June 30 for a full renovation of the South Boston High School building. The Boston School Committee voted in 2025 to close the school [...]

Budget season is almost over. On Wednesday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu returned an updated Fiscal Year 2027 budget to the City Council, accepting all the body’s amendments except a $1.4 [...]

As budget season closes, Boston moves ever closer to the midterms. At a forum hosted by the Ward 4 Dems and Ward 5 Democratic Committee at Berklee College of Music, [...]

Eight were arrested Wednesday after a protest in the Iannella Chamber during the City Council’s final vote on Mayor Michelle Wu’s $4.9 billion budget. The demonstrators were affiliated with Youth [...]

Live from the Grove at the Lawn on D, Harpoon Brewing put on the first-ever Boston Chilling Music Festival on Saturday, a free concert hosted by WBZ’s Matt Shearer. The [...]

In a 10-to-3 vote, the Boston City Council delayed voting on Mayor Michelle Wu’s $4.9 billion 2027 fiscal-year budget proposal until next week. This follows two months of frustration among [...]

The MBTA announced Tuesday that critical infrastructure improvements along the Red Line Ashmont branch are complete. A service suspension from May 14 to 16 allowed the T to perform track [...]

Roughly 200 residents from more than 20 community groups marched on City Hall on Tuesday, demanding that the City Council reject Mayor Michelle Wu’s 4.9 billion spending plan, the tightest [...]

The Boston City Council rejected a resolution Wednesday that would rescind the approved salary increase package for elected officials. The resolution’s sponsors, Councilors Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy, urged the [...]

The City Council voiced unanimous opposition to a Massachusetts State Legislature bill that would prohibit users under 16 from using social media. The bill would also require social media companies [...]