The Boston City Council voted 8-4 in favor of a proposal that would allow non-citizens of the United States to vote in its city elections on Wednesday.
Lame duck progressive city councilor Kendra Lara last month introduced the measure, which would allow foreigners who live in the city legally to vote in Boston municipal elections.
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) has filed a bill designed to ban public libraries and school libraries from excluding from their collection "books written or illustrated by an individual who is a member of an underrepresented community."
"Underrepresented community" includes racial minorities, homosexuals, people who identify with a gender identity that does not correspond to their biological sex, and members of a religious minority, according to the bill, which Pressley titled the "Books Save Lives Act."
