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Cost overruns and a persistent local opposition led to allusions to the ill-fated Boston 2024 Olympics plan Wednesday when Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took questions about the city’s plan to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park and make it the home for a National Women’s Soccer League team. The city and Boston Unity Soccer Partners LLC, a for-profit company,...

After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between Beacon Hill and City Hall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the “intensive process” of working with Massachusetts lawmakers to get the local policy approved only to be shot down by the Senate in the eleventh hour was…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is speaking out in the wake of federal public corruption charges being filed against sitting City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson. In a statement issued Friday morning, Wu called on Fernandes Anderson to resign from the council. “Like any member of the community, Councilor Fernandes Anderson has the right to a fair legal process. But the serious…

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested on federal public corruption charges alleging that she orchestrated “a complicated kickback scheme” to steal city funds, officials said Friday. Here’s what one of her fellow councilors had to say upon learning the news....

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Boston is battling the climate crisis and creating good-paying jobs in the process. It’s a goal the city is closer to reaching thanks to millions of dollars in federal funding for the city to develop the workforce needed to enhance climate and coastal resilience across its neighborhoods. “Turning Boston into a green monster. Fighting against climate change, fighting so...

Boston’s biggest Thanksgiving feast returned to TD Garden on Wednesday. Among the volunteers who threw on an apron and served up hundreds of hot meals to those in need were Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. “The holidays are a time when people really pull together and make sure that we...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov. Maura Healey were among those scooping out all the fixings as the city got into the holiday spirit.

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Visitors at an adult day care facility in Boston got to take home free turkeys and other fixings Friday. “It’s a special time of year and we know that families are often struggling … we have the chance to make sure that everyone has a special holiday,” Mayor Michelle Wu said....

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The attacks between the incoming Trump administration and Massachusetts officials over immigration policies, enforcement, and sanctuary cities continues to intensify. Massachusetts isn’t a sanctuary state, but it is the only right-to-shelter state, which is a draw for undocumented immigrants and a target for the incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan. “She’s not very smart,” Homan said of Boston Mayor Michelle...

The back-and-forth between the incoming Trump administration and local officials over immigration policies has continued to intensify.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke to a joint committee on Beacon Hill Wednesday to advance her revised tax proposal. The mayor urged lawmakers to approve it in time for Gov. Maura Healey’s signature. Wu called the revised plan, with more protections for small businesses, a compromise, balancing the needs of residents and the business community. Boston’s commissioner of assessing...

At a hearing on Beacon Hill, Mayor Michelle Wu went to bat for her proposal to raise commercial tax rates in Boston.

Elected officials in Massachusetts are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants by declaring a national emergency and using military assets. Trump campaigned on a promise of the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, and he says he intends to deliver on it. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who declared a state of...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.

The news came Wednesday of long-awaited progress on an issue impacting homeowners across Boston: Property tax bills at risk of rising due to falling commercial property values. Mayor Michelle Wu announced the temporary tax shift following agreement with major business groups. “We want to make sure residents don’t have a major residential tax spike come January,” Wu said Thursday....

Mayor Michelle Wu announced that she’s reached a deal to temporarily raise tax rates for local businesses amid a revenue shortfall. 

With her existing proposal hung up on Beacon Hill, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she’s sending a new proposal to the State House that she believes will “stabilize property taxes and protect homeowners and renters from a dramatic spike.” The Massachusetts House in July approved a home rule petition from the City of Boston designed to shift...

The city is honoring the Celtics legend and civil rights pioneer who passed away in 2022.

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“Bill Russell showed us on and off the court that, to deliver a brighter future, you have to reckon with the past. He knew he had a platform, and he used it to push for a better world,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said

“The bridge renaming will honor his dedication to civil rights and the fostering of Boston’s youth and young athletes,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office says.