City Council
Boston’s New City Council President Has Thoughts on Rat Control
Liz Breadon didn’t walk into City Hall on January 5 expecting the gavel. But after a vote defined by high drama and backroom maneuvering, the […]
The Rise and Fall of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson
The call came before dawn. Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson had just stepped out of the shower when her phone flickered to life with […]
This City Councilor Is Boston’s Brightest Rising Political Star
What does the American dream look like today? If you ask Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, she might say it looks a little something […]
A Boston Dirt Bike YouTuber Speaks Out: “They Think We’re Not Human”
In Boston in recent days, it’s been hard to miss the increasing furor over noise and dangerous encounters linked to the city’s “bike life” community, […]
Count Them Out: Here’s Who Isn’t Running for Mayor of Boston
In a profession that too often lends itself to canned statements and obfuscation, especially when it comes to elections, the candor and wry honesty of […]
Get to Know Kim Janey, the Next Mayor of Boston
Fellow Bostonians, meet your new mayor. Kim Janey, Boston’s City Council president, is set to assume the corner office at City Hall on an interim […]
The Very Boston Moments We’ll Remember from 2020
We already know people are obsessed with Boston, whether they live here or not. So as we round out 2020, we felt it was appropriate […]
The BPDA: Paved and Confused
Like a scene out of The Departed, a pinched old white man in a black jacket leans across the passenger seat of a car to […]
Robert DeLeo Is King of the Hill
If ever there was a moment when the opaque inner workings of Robert DeLeo’s House of Representatives were revealed for all to see, it was […]
Do Not Come Between Lydia Edwards and the 2018 Red Sox World Series Trophy
Gonna be honest with you, it’s been a little overwhelming to follow the chaos that’s taken over the MLB over the past week. There’s a […]
The Boston City Council Candidate Who Lost by One Vote Won’t Challenge the Results
Wow. Just, wow. The biggest Boston City Council nail-biter in recent memory, which last night came down to a single vote has finally come to a […]
Someone Handed Out Bogus Fliers in Brighton ahead of the City Council Election
Exactly how this went down has yet to be determined, but a bogus campaign literature scheme on behalf of Boston City Council candidate Craig Cashman […]
How Things Shook Out in the 2019 Boston City Council Election
The results of the 2019 municipal election are in, and it looks like the transformation of Boston’s City Council will continue. For the first time […]
Video: Boston City Councilor Tim McCarthy Brags about Winning against “Women” and “Minorities”
Boston City Councilor Tim McCarthy was clearly in high spirits the night of September 24, in the hours following the preliminary city council elections. After […]
Where Is This Year’s Ayanna?
Boston, 2018: land of political upheaval; burial ground for complacent incumbents; a city of voters lifting bold upstarts to surprising victories. Boston, 2019: eh, not […]