Boston Ways and Means Committee rejects rationale for double-digit cuts to veterans, senior, and reentry services in FY27 budget hearing.
Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee advances $3.3 million in police detective union contracts.
Boston City Council approves $3.3 million in retroactive police detective contracts and clears more than a dozen grant dockets.
BOSTON -- May 12, 2026, Boston equity cabinet offices defend deep grant cuts at City Council budget hearing. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, heard testimony Tuesday from
BOSTON -- May 12, 2026, Boston's Equity and Inclusion Cabinet faces a $3 million budget cut in fiscal year 2027, eliminating all community grant programs. The Committee on Ways and Means heard testimony
Boston City Council budget hearing draws packed room over equity office grant cuts.
Boston City Council questions fire department on $1.4 million cancer screening funding gap.
BOSTON -- May 8, 2026, Boston City Council reviews pothole repair operations, downtown repaving, and a 311 system overhaul ahead of FIFA matches. At a Thursday hearing on Docket 0515, Chair Ed Flynn and Councilor
Boston's City Council Ways and Means Committee pressed Police Commissioner Michael Cox and command staff on overtime spending, the long-delayed civilian flagger program, and officer wellness at a May 7 fiscal year 2027 budget hearing.
BOSTON -- May 7, 2026, Boston City Council presses BPD on overtime and civilian flaggers during FY27 budget hearing. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, spent nearly three hours
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