The transition from summer into fall means Boston can ramp up public safety efforts at Mass. and Cass, the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis, Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday. Wu, discussing the apparent improvements in the area recently, said that large events over the summer may have required temporarily redirecting police officers away from Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea...

The epicenter of the region’s substance use disorder, mental health and unsheltered homelessness crises at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is “in a different and better, safer position” than one year ago, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday, but an influx of individual migrants is now stressing the city’s shelter system. Massachusetts has been under a declaration of...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gave her second annual State of the City address Tuesday evening. The event at MGM Music Hall at Fenway started at 7 p.m., with Wu beginning her speech around 7:30 p.m. “It is thanks to the people of Boston that tonight I can say, ‘The state of our city is strong,’” Wu said. The speech is…

A day after tents were removed from an area in Boston known as Mass. and Cass, Mayor Michelle Wu said Thursday the city is starting to see “real signs of stability” and a “different way forward.” “I’m just incredibility grateful,” said Wu. “This was truly a team effort across so many different departments, so many community organizations.” Now cleared,...

Boston police removed all the tents from Mass. and Cass on Wednesday, as the city provided services to those living in the troubled area.

Mayor Michelle Wu said once the last tent is down, the city will make sure the street is cleaned and that there are more services to ensure that the area is “how it should be.”

For the second time in less than two years, Boston’s Mass. and Cass area is being cleared of encampments, and Mayor Michelle Wu took questions on it.

The tents that serve as homes for more than 130 people in the troubled area of Boston known as Mass. and Cass are set to be removed on Wednesday.

As tent removal begins in the troubled area of Mass. and Cass in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu said on Wednesday the city is “making great progress” with clearing Atkinson Street, where many of the tent encampments and tarp structures are set up. Wu said once the last tent is down, the city will make sure the street is cleaned and…

This week the team is Taking@Issue with topics stretching from Capitol Hill to Boston City Hall. Sadly, the conversation begins with a detour to Lewiston, Maine, the site of the latest mass shooting in America. The House FINALLY has a new House speaker, but who the heck is Mike Johnson? Can he keep the government open, and will he be...