Amid uptick in downtown crime, Boston Mayor Wu unveils plan to clean up Mass and Cass spillover
As crime has reached a 7-year high in Downtown Crossing, Boston’s mayor, top cop and prosecutor are blaming congregate drug ...
Pols & Politics: Boston Mayor Wu draws support from City Council critic amid sanctuary battle with feds
When Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defends the city’s sanctuary status before a Republican-controlled Congressional committee next ...
Governing1d
Boston Mayor Outlines Plan to Stop Open-Air Drug Market
The plan comes after crime in Downtown Crossing and other areas throughout the city has reached a seven-year high due to drug ...
Will bike and bus lanes be an issue in the Boston mayoral election?
Fifty years ago, the battle tearing Boston apart was over a federal court order requiring the busing of students to integrate ...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu leads challenger Josh Kraft by 14 percentage points in early poll of mayor’s race
The survey offers the first early look at the matchup between the first-term progressive mayor and her most prominent ...
Michelle Wu leads Josh Kraft in race for Boston mayor, poll finds
Michelle Wu holds a double-digit lead over philanthropist Josh Kraft in the race for Boston mayor, a new poll from Emerson ...
ABC67d
After tumultuous year, Taunton mayor delivers State of the City address
After a turbulent year for Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, she said she’s looking ahead following Thursday’s State of the ...
Public, civic business leaders unite to tackle Downtown Boston’s unsavory perception
A lot of the families we want to come down and enjoy their day and night in Downtown Boston are seeing things that should not ...
‘The Gulf of Weymouth?’ Local mayor wants to make the South Shore ‘great again’
Weymouth Mayor Bob Hedlund, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, wrote an executive order to rename Higham Bay to the Gulf of Weymouth.
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
The biggest batch of record-setting cold temperatures are likely to hit early Thursday and Friday, Orrison said. But North ...
MassLive8d
Boston issues 1,200+ tickets for icy sidewalks as officials prepare for major climate events
The mayor said MBTA bus stops are cleared ... Downtown, the North End, East Boston and South Boston from ocean floodwaters. Those areas — along the 47 miles of Boston coastline —were ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston2d
Boston city councilor calls for more oversight of rideshare drivers after alleged rape
GOOD MORNING, BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR FLYNN SAYS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND THE MAYOR NEED TO DO MORE ... AN UBER AT AT LOCO TAQUERIA IN SOUTH BOSTON. AT THE END OF THE ONE MILE LONG RIDE HOME ...