Docket #1711 would cover non-owner-occupied two- and three-family buildings built before December 1983. Monday's 10 a.m. Government Operations working session is remote and includes no public comment period.
Monday's agenda also includes a push for a local-option tenant purchase law, a call to issue demolition and tree-removal permits alongside building permits, and the tabled review of the Harvard Square Kiosk.
The Patrolmen's Association backed Mayor Michelle Wu's reelection in 2025 and Gov. Maura Healey's this fall. City figures from past council hearings show a department short of the 2,500 officers called for in city law.
Republican Mike Minogue's campaign says the governor 'claims to have a family' in public but not on paper. Healey's camp calls the attack 'baseless lies.' The state ethics law defines immediate family as a spouse and dependent children.
The ballot text exempts policy-development documents and certain constituent communications. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio says she would consider legal action if lawmakers pass a narrower law after voters decide.
A yes vote keeps the law the Legislature passed 124-33 and 35-5 in July 2024. Under the state constitution's referendum rules, a no majority alone is not enough to repeal it.
The measure resets the cap each year from what the state actually collected and counts millionaires-tax revenue toward the limit. Cambridge's City Council voted 9-0 to oppose it.
The all-party primary would send the top two finishers to November regardless of party and would not apply to presidential or municipal races. MassINC found 43% support, 36% opposed and 20% undecided in September.
Cities and towns would keep control of height, setbacks, open space, parking and short-term rentals. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has backed the measure.
Reps. Tim Burchett and Brian Jack say Directive 603 'fails to lay out an appropriate purpose or procedure.' The Smithsonian told its inspector general some changes were already made and others were in progress.
Applicants must file a separate request statement with a DS-11 or DS-82 at an acceptance facility, by mail, at a passport agency or at a State Department event. Regular fees apply.
The states' filing cites independent testing that found 669 harmful interactions in 50 hours on accounts registered to children 12 to 15. They want age verification, crisis safeguards and a chance for users to delete their data before any sale.
Cursor says versions 2.1.312 and 2.1.313 for macOS and Windows were not developed by Anthropic. The malicious code added an attacker's key labeled 'svc-telemetry' and installed persistence that uninstalling may not remove.
University of Florida figures show 29 million in-person early votes and 23 million mail ballots by Sunday morning. Early totals show who voted, not how they voted.
Broward County Judge Lauren Nichole Peffer was fined $10,000 and reprimanded. During her 2024 campaign she pointed a reporter to a book she had never read and a recording a commission concluded was likely AI-generated.
Qatar-mediated indirect talks in Doha ran three days over the release of more than $6 billion in Iranian assets. Iran's foreign minister says there are no plans for direct talks.
The commissioner's office opened the probe in June and disclosed it a day after OpenAI filed. OpenAI calls it duplicative of a joint federal-provincial investigation that ended in May.
About 320,000 marched in France, more than 100,000 in Germany. Paris prosecutors opened an attempted-murder inquiry after incendiaries were thrown at officers. Lisbon police cleared a housing camp at dawn.
Russian state media said drones set the Kstovo refinery on fire after a strike in Samara. Zelenskyy says Russia lost 54,400 troops killed and wounded in October, the most of the war.
Britain's prime minister agreed Friday to a structured dialogue and to consider an apology. A Caribbean leader says London came 'kicking and screaming.' The UK calls his account of its lobbying 'completely untrue.'
Rahul Gandhi called the revision 'the biggest crime' and the opposition demands the chief election commissioner's impeachment. The BJP calls the protest a conspiracy to create anarchy.
A 510-13 Town Meeting vote, a state certificate Amazon never applied for, and a hearing that was set for tonight. Amazon says it will try again.
The new corporate counsel job covers conflicts of interest and public records. It comes after a probe found a former executive was 'untruthful' about his ties to developers who got $1.4 million.
A yes vote ends recreational retail sales on Jan. 1, 2028. Medical marijuana stays. Both sides' big numbers are campaign claims, not audits.
The state's high court disciplined Judge Lauren Peffer for promoting a recording that investigators concluded was likely AI-generated. She hadn't checked it.
A tampered copy sat in Cursor's marketplace for about 11 hours and tried to plant an SSH backdoor. It wasn't made by Anthropic.
British Columbia's privacy office opened a probe into ChatGPT and the Tumbler Ridge shooter in June. It only went public after OpenAI filed to kill it.
New England scored 21 straight points to beat Miami 24-19. Maye became the first Patriots quarterback since Tom Brady in 2007 with three or more touchdowns in five straight games.
Boston rallied from 4-2 down in the final seven minutes and won 5-4 on Elias Lindholm's overtime goal. The Bruins were outshot 28-13 through two periods.
Boston is 10-4-1 and 9-0-0 when it scores three or more goals. Mark Stone is five points from becoming Vegas's all-time leading scorer, and Mitch Marner brings a nine-game point streak.
A week after scoring 49 at Georgia Tech, the Eagles fell to 4-4. Bill O'Brien called it 'a rough day by everybody.' Florida State visits Chestnut Hill on Saturday.
Paul George added 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds. The Magic fell to 0-3 at home.
BU returns Kyrone Alexander from a season-ending injury. Northeastern brings back Rashad King from a year at LSU after a 7-24 season.
Clark D is nominated for Artist, Album, Song, Live Artist and Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. Token appears in four categories. The ceremony is Dec. 16 at Big Night Live.
Released Oct. 23 and produced by Rey Beats, the 3:28 track arrives with Millyz on the 2026 BMA ballot for Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.
Seven local rap and R&B records to run this week, led by Millyz with the LOX and Dave East.
UMG's subscription revenue jumped 19.2% and physical sales rose 17.4%. But Lucian Grainge and digital chief Michael Nash used the call to press streaming services on AI 'slop', and hinted at pushing to demonetize it.
The Financial Times reported the timing and price, which Spotify declined to confirm. UMG, Merlin, Kobalt and Believe have licensed catalog. Artists still get to choose whether their songs can be remixed.
The North Shore rapper's November tour runs from San Francisco through the Midwest to Brighton Music Hall on Saturday, Nov. 28. The album behind it came out of a scare over his own health.
The first said the costume was meant to raise awareness. Hours later she wrote, 'It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up.' The original post also promoted her candle line.
Two separate cases, two states. The Florida order bars Kemp from contacting Sire, including on social media. The California complaint seeks at least $2 million per count. None of the allegations has been proven.
The 83-year-old 'Heat' filmmaker was released from the hospital. His representative called the injury superficial. A 'Heat' sequel is expected to begin shooting early next year.
The Crimson have beaten MIT 18 straight times and won eight straight openers. Freshman Jason Singleton scored 23 in the exhibition against UMass.
The 25-18, 11-25, 11-25, 25-23, 15-7 win completed Harvard's first season sweep of Yale since 2014. Yale still leads the Ivy at 8-2; Harvard is 7-3.
Penn returns TJ Power, who scored 44 in last year's title game. Yale lost four starters and added a two-time conference MVP. Harvard bet on continuity. Two Stanford assistants debut at Brown and Dartmouth.
President Alan Garber and Provost John Manning also named a 10-member faculty committee to search for a permanent dean, without a timeline.
