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Cambridge’s budget hit nearly $1 billion this year —and it’s got everybody on edge. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council unanimously voted Monday to raise property taxes by 7.3 percent on residential property and 10.1 percent on commercial property amid concerns about the sustainability of the city’s growing budget. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council asked state officials to lower the speed limit and implement a “road diet” of fewer lanes on Memorial Drive, just two weeks after bicyclist John Corcoran died in a fatal crash. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Cambridge officials agree that the city’s rising budget poses a major problem. They just need to figure out what to do. Benjamin Isaac, Darcy G Lin, Avani B. Rai, and Emily T. Schwartz report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council acknowledged the “Massachusett Tribal Nation as the original inhabitants of Cambridge” and pledged to establish a memorial for the tribe and hang a plaque in City Hall during a meeting. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

In the 2023 fiscal year, Harvard paid the City of Cambridge $4.3 million in lieu of property taxes. Some activists — including a sitting city councilor — are demanding the University cough up $96 million more. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump has championed “mass deportations” of undocumented immigrants. Cambridge officials say they won’t let it happen in their backyard. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

A Cambridge Planning Board hearing Tuesday became an eruption of frustration as more than 35 residents raised objections to a city proposal to eliminate single-family zoning city-wide. Benjamin Isaac, Laurel Shugart, and Grace E. Yoon report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Local and state officials reaffirmed their commitment to completing $1.5 million worth of improvements at the intersection of Memorial Drive and the BU Bridge by the new year. Sally Edwards and Benjamin Isaac report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

More than 100 cyclists biked from Cambridge Common to the Massachusetts State House, where they joined a rally commemorating bikers and pedestrians who have died after being hit by cars in the Boston area. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Cambridge residents said they were highly satisfied living in the city, but gave local officials low marks on housing and transportation issues in the 2024 Cambridge Resident Satisfaction Survey. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council unanimously voted on Monday to draft a petition asking the Massachusetts State Assembly to allow the city to implement automatic traffic enforcement. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

City staff are projecting that even if Cambridge’s operating budget grows at a conservative rate, the city may need to raise property taxes by at least 8 percent in the future, according to officials at a Tuesday hearing. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

More than a dozen residents and a City Councilor criticized the reappointment of civic blogger Robert Winters to the Central Square Advisory Committee at a Council meeting Monday. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council took the first step in forcing landlords rather than tenants to pay broker fees, unanimously voting at a Monday meeting to hold a future hearing to discuss its feasibility. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 said he had met nearly all of the City Council’s goals for him, but conceded that he had failed to establish a commission for reparations to the descendants of enslaved people. Benjamin Isaac reports. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted a policy order on Monday to request that the city update the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, a report on cycling trends and bike lanes, for the first time in four years. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The HLS student government is embroiled in a bitter feud with the Dean of Students Office over a referendum to condemning disciplinary action taken against participants of pro-Palestine study-in protests. Mac Healey and Saketh Sundar report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 suggested that the city may further raise property taxes and pare back certain city services to address a budget crunch in fiscal year 2026. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a policy order Monday asking the city to devise a plan to restore Garden Street to two-way automobile traffic while retaining its two-way bike lanes by April 2025. Benjamin Isaac and Avani Rai report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…