The Massachusetts Legislature is a poor role model for transparency. And yet some on the Boston City Council are embracing ...

The city is under pressure to push tax-exempt institutions to pony up more for city services as it faces a stiff budget ...

Two Boston City Council emergency orders calling for an audit of city finances and review of spending after a high school ...

Last year, Boston lost over $300 million in funding for a multimodal transportation hub in Allston after the Trump ...

Expensive parking rules keep many Massachusetts housing projects from breaking ground. Local officials appear increasingly receptive to developers asking for relief.

A Boston police officer charged with manslaughter after he shot and killed a Dorchester man who was suspected of a carjacking in March was released on personal recognizance after his arraignment.

The vote comes just weeks after the fatal police shooting in Roxbury yielded a controversial manslaughter charge for the ...

Keep the booze flowing at White Stadium during pro soccer matches, the Boston City Council said when rejecting a measure that ...

Councilors Brian Worrell and Miniard Culpepper want to examine how and when police body camera footage is released.

The city announced it reached an agreement with the Public Employee Committee, which represents unionized city employees and ...

City Councilor Sharon Durkan filed a hearing order at last week’s Council Meeting to examine how Boston can modernize its permitting systems to provide residents with better access to information ...

A standing room only crowd inside Quincy City Hall erupted in applause Monday night, after councilors voted unanimously to replace the entire fire department's gear to reduce exposure to cancer ...