City Councilor Ed Flynn has called for a hearing to explore a neighborhood-wide, seven-day, resident-only parking policy in South Boston. Flynn argued that South Boston’s unprecedented growth over the past [...]

Rat experts gathered in Boston this week for the second annual National Urban Rodent Summit. The two-day event brought together rodentologists, pest management pros, and public health officials from across [...]

The City Council voiced support for mail-in voting as the United States Postal Service (USPS) imposed additional requirements on vote-by-mail systems ahead of the midterms. “Mail-in voting is an important [...]

Councilor Ed Flynn has a bold plan to increase the number of affordable housing units in the City of Boston, to follow San Francisco, and to scale back affordable-unit requirements [...]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety held its first meeting since July to deliberate on months of hearing orders related to public safety initiatives and violence-prevention strategies with the [...]

With the primaries called, incumbents Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Stephen Lynch, and State Senator Nick Collins remained party frontrunners, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue topped the conservative ticket. Collins’ [...]

Councilor Ed Flynn has been vocal about the need to increase public safety amidst a series of high-profile violent crimes this summer. In a series of resolutions Wednesday, he called [...]

The City Council voted down a resolution by Councilor Ed Flynn looking to limit early voting and extend the Boston Election Department’s State Receivership into the 2028 presidential election. This [...]

Returning to the Council Chambers after the birth of her son, Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata filed a new ordinance that would provide city employees with their full salary for the [...]

A decade after legal weed came to Massachusetts, Ballot Question 8 seeks to recriminalize recreational marijuana and to limit the amount a person under 21 can possess. Voting yes on [...]