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The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms, and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve.
In November 1924, Boston voters approved replacing the 9-person City Council (all elected at-large) with a 22-person City Council (elected by wards). The first such election was held in November 1925, for terms starting in January 1926.
Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall. [2] It is a controversial and prominent example of Brutalist architecture, part of the modernist movement.
The 2023 Boston City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, with primaries occurring on September 12, 2023. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan. Two councillors, Michael F. Flaherty and Frank Baker, did not seek re-election.
Ruthzee Louijeune (born 1987) is an American politician and lawyer serving as president of the Boston City Council.She has been an at-large member of the Boston City Council since January 2022, and has served as the council's president since January 2024.
(The Center Square) – Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport illegal border crossers, with the most violent offenders the priority, Boston City Council members voted to advance ...
On July 25, at the age of 32, Durkan was elected to the Boston City Council in a special election to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Kenzie Bok when Bok became the head of the Boston Housing Authority. Durkan's opponent had been Montez Haywood, a longtime prosecutor at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. The campaign was ...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended a Wednesday holiday party for elected officials of color after an invitation was accidentally sent to the entire City Council, the NBC News affiliate NBC Boston ...