Ross Cristantiello

6 days ago | boston.com | Ross Cristantiello

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson said Friday that a special election to fill her seat would not be necessary, implying that she would wait until at least May 8 to resign. The body eventually voted to forgo a special election, even if she resigns before then. Fernandes Anderson also sharply criticized multiple colleagues, accusing them of “grandstanding” in a public debate over the benefits of holding a special election.

1 week ago | boston.com | Ross Cristantiello

In an effort to improve a transportation system long derided for its unreliability, officials announced Wednesday that Boston Public Schools would automatically pause bus assignments for students that consistently do not ride the bus. The announcement of this new “ridership procedure” came alongside the release of a new BPS report showing that “significant progress” was being made to fix the bus system.

1 week ago | boston.com | Ross Cristantiello

Local News Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts graduate student who was arrested by ICE on a Somerville sidewalk last month, was denied bond Wednesday by a federal immigration judge in Louisiana.

1 week ago | boston.com | Ross Cristantiello

Politics In the wake of Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s decision to plead guilty to federal public corruption charges, there is a push among some of her colleagues on the Boston City Council to create a new oversight committee. Such a committee would include multiple outside parties and work to monitor ethics concerns and potential rules violations. The effort is being led by Councilor Ed Flynn, who has also advocated multiple times for the creation of an ethics committee. An outside...

1 week ago | boston.com | Ross Cristantiello

Local News As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months.