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Boston Arts Advocates Pack City Hall to Oppose 27 Percent Budget Cut
Boston Ways and Means Committee hearing draws more than 150 arts advocates against proposed 27 percent arts budget cut.
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Members: Liz Breadon (Chair), Ruthzee Louijeune (Member), Julia M. Mejia (Member), Erin J. Murphy (Member), Henry Santana (Member), Gabriela Coletta Zapata (Member), Edward M. Flynn (Member), John FitzGerald (Member), Brian Worrell (Member), Enrique J. Pepén (Member), Benjamin J. Weber (Member), Miniard Culpepper (Member), Sharon Durkan (Member)
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Boston arts advocates demand council restore $1 million cut to cultural office
Boston's Ways and Means Committee draws more than 150 arts advocates opposing a proposed $1 million cut to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
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Boston City Council Calls for Independent Investigation Into Jacoby Kinney In-Custody Death
Boston City Council calls for independent probe of in-custody death, approves $32.6 million in preservation funds.
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Boston Council Hears Calls to Restore Youth Jobs and Fund $4 Million Mental Health Pilot
BOSTON -- April 28, 2026, Boston residents demand reversal of youth job cuts and $4 million mental health pilot funding at City Hall budget session. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6
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Boston Council Hears Calls to Restore Youth Jobs, Fund $4M Mental Health Pilot
BOSTON -- April 28, 2026, Boston residents pack City Council budget hearing, urging restoration of millions in cuts. Committee Chair Benjamin J. Weber convened the Ways and Means Committee's first FY27 public listening
Government
Boston Council Scrutinizes Neighborhood Services Budget as Grants Eliminated, Posts Vacant
Boston City Council challenges Community Engagement Cabinet over FY27 budget cuts and district notification gaps.
Government · City Council
Boston Council Budget Session Draws Calls to Restore Youth Jobs, Legal Aid, Mental Health Funding
Boston's City Council Ways and Means Committee drew dozens of residents Tuesday night to a fiscal year 2027 budget listening session, with speakers urging restoration of a $6 million cut to school-year youth jobs, a $450,000 Access to Counsel eviction-defense program slated for elimination, and a $4
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Boston Housing Office Faces 9.6 Percent Budget Cut in FY27 Proposal
BOSTON -- April 27, 2026, Boston's Mayor's Office of Housing faces a $5 million, 9.6 percent budget cut in the proposed FY27 spending plan. The Committee on Ways and Means
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Boston Housing Office Proposes $49.2 Million Budget With $5 Million in Cuts
Boston's housing office presented a $49.2 million FY27 operating budget, a 9.6 percent cut from the current year, amid warnings of a federal funding battle that could upend $48 million in homelessness grants.
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Boston Council grills DOIT over federal funding cuts, AI use, and cable revenue decline
Boston's Department of Innovation and Technology told the City Council's Ways and Means Committee Monday that it saved $1.2 million by migrating its employee self-service HR portal in-house and a further $1 million by handling a cloud data warehouse transition internally, saving roughly $200,000 a y
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