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The state legislation would provide free menstrual products to all menstruating persons in Massachusetts prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools.

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council voted to adopt a resolution, calling on the Federal Government to cancel all student loan debt.

Kenzie Bok is the Boston City Councilor for District 8 as well as the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee.

April is recognized as National Arab American Heritage Month across the United States to celebrate the Arab American heritage and culture, and pay tribute to the contributions of Arab Americans.

Student workers at Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and other institutions have organized to advance their labor rights by forming a union and entering...

The amendment would create an additional tax of four percentage points on annual income above one million dollars and dedicate the funds to public resources.

In 2016, the City of Boston began the process of creating an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), an analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of fair housing issues and contributing factors, and an...

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution to support the passage of HD 2984/SD 1672, An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal sponsored by Representatives...

For years, Massachusetts has been a center for quality elementary and high school education, but many families are suffering due to a lack of affordable, high-quality early education and child care.

Matt O’Malley, City Councilor for District 6, representing neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, parts of Roslindale, Roxbury, and the Back of the Hill, will now preside over the Council as...

During the pandemic, tens of thousands of domestic workers have continued to care for children, elders, adults with disabilities and homes across the Commonwealth, including doctors, nurses, and...

This City of Boston has made history once again! Kim Janey, previously the Council President, was sworn in this week as the Mayor of Boston.

Eight hundred nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are poised for a third week of a strike that began March 8.

The Fiscal Management and Control Board (FMCB) was established in 2015 to monitor the MBTA’s finances, management, and operations as the MBTA faced challenges on these fronts.

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution in support of SD.1709, An Act Relative to Medication Assisted Recovery and Care, and supported legislative efforts to implement new...

Boston VNA (BVNA) is a certified home health agency that provides nursing care, therapies, rehabilitations, and other home healthcare services to patients in Boston.

National Women’s History month is an opportunity to shine a light on the extraordinary legacy of all women and girls who have built, shaped and improved our City, Commonwealth and Nation.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced that as part of its “Forging Ahead” plan, they will suspend all service of the #55 bus starting on March 14, 2021.

Eversource Energy is proposing to construct and operate a new transmission substation facility located on the Chelsea Creek waterfront on East Eagle Street in East Boston.

As it stands, Boston Public Schools currently do not require their history or social science curriculum frameworks to include the topic of genocide when teaching United States history or world history...

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution recognizing the Boston Ujima Project’s 2021 Citywide Assembly, "We Be Knowin: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration Of Everyday...

The Parks and Recreation Commission voted to formally ratify the City Council resolution passed in 1969 to officially name the playground at Hooker and Sorrento Streets in memory of James H. Roberts.

This week, the Council recognized February 7, 2021 as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the City of Boston.

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution in support of allowing students to repeat their grade due to the educational disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Project Bread, food insecurity has increased from 1 in 10 children to 1 in 5 households with children in Massachusetts​.

National School Counseling Week is a time to recognize the important work our school counselors do to support students academic, career, and social and emotional development.

The month of February is Transit Equity Month, and February 4 is the birthday of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose role in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott brought national attention to the...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the Labor Secretary, and if confirmed, Mayor Walsh would leave his position before the end of his term.

This year marks the 5th annual Winter Walk, a campaign raising awareness and funds to help end homelessness in the City of Boston.

This week, the Council adopted a resolution urging Governor Charlie Baker’s administration to prioritize childcare providers, early education, and K-12 educators in COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

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