With Boston’s mayoral contest all but decided, much of the action this Election Day in the city will take place down ballot, ...

Boston City Councilors were divided on Wednesday over the hotly debated safe injection sites. One councilor introduced a resolution in opposition to them, which failed by an 8-3 vote. State lawmakers ...

Editor’s note: The vote counts in this story were updated at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. Voters in Tuesday’s preliminary election narrowed down the wide field of candidates for Boston City Council, ...

"I believe housing is a human right, and Boston should lead the nation in showing how cities can protect that right while continuing to flourish." The post Boston City Council at-large race: Henry ...

A hotly contested race that led to a nail-bitingly close outcome in last week’s Boston preliminary election may be headed for a recount. Mavrick Afonso, who was one of 11 candidates seeking to ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's politics newsletter, Mass. Politics. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Ever since Josh Kraft dropped out of the Boston ...

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn’s push to ban mopeds, scooters and other e-bikes from being used to make third-party food deliveries encountered fierce pushback from some of his colleagues who say it ...

Boston officials are reportedly weighing the concept of creating government-owned grocery stores to support residents struggling with the rising costs of food. City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune ...

Questioning the mayor’s priorities, Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia asked why the city can’t divert funds from its $200 million White Stadium soccer plan to build an addiction recovery campus to ...