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Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration is working to formalize the creation of a rat czar position in Boston, a rodent-killing job that would be handled by a current city employee already considered to be the lead on municipal pest-control operations.

A Boston city councilor is calling for a hiring freeze amid the economic uncertainty created by steadily declining commercial property values.

Mayor Michelle Wu's proposal to increase property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit is not due to unpaid real estate taxes, as city data shows a 99% collection rate, despite projected budgetary issues in Boston.

A city councilor’s push to lower the speed limit to 20 mph is being called an important first step as Boston grapples with a string of serious pedestrian crashes, but a transit advocate says it won’t slow drivers down unless streets are redesigned.

City Councilor Ed Flynn opposes the mayor’s plan to raise property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit, saying it would harm the struggling downtown office market.

A mayoral ordinance creating the city’s first planning department in seven decades divided the City Council Wednesday, but was ultimately approved by the body, marking a major win for Mayor Wu in her larger plans to restructure the BPDA.

A group of downtown residents is urging the Boston City Council to reject a mayoral ordinance that would restructure the city’s planning department.

A Boston city councilor, supported by the mayor in the recent election, called off a hearing that he was leading on a proposal from two colleagues to broaden a mayoral initiative that eliminates museum fees for BPS students to encompass all schoolchildren.