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Mayor Michelle Wu announced an investment of more than $2 billion as part of a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools Thursday. “Activists, scientists, leaders at every level of government are sounding the alarm for us to address the climate and public health crises of our time and to recover economically from COVID-19,” Wu said. “Now is the time…

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Wednesday the creation of a new Office of Early Childhood in the city.

Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will publicly address her resignation as the head of the Boston Public School district Tuesday morning.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is facing heavy push back for her new COVID mandate and has received many hate messages, some targeting her gender and ethnicity.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is slated to announce new coronavirus policies as the city’s case count continues to rise.

South Portland has its first Muslim mayor, also believed to be the first Somali mayor in the U.S.

In a historic first for South Portland, Maine, and likely the United States, City Councilor Deqa Dhalac has become the city’s mayor. Dhalac is believed to be the first Somali-American mayor of a U.S. city, as well as South Portland’s first Muslim mayor. The position is chosen by city council vote, and Dhalac was elected unanimously to the position...

In a new memoir, former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs talks about the challenges he faced growing up and how anti-poverty initiatives can give others a chance.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu outlined plans to make three bus routes free for at least two years Thursday.

Freshly sworn-in Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city is pausing the removal of tents from the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard pending the results of Wednesday’s court hearing on the ACLU’s challenge of the city’s order.

Michelle Wu held a press conference on Wednesday, her first full day as Boston’s mayor. She spoke briefly after taking the MBTA to work at City Hall, touching on some of her plans for her first day and her first week in the mayor’s office. Wu said she has a series of internal meetings planned in the morning before...

Michelle Wu will be officially sworn in as Boston’s mayor in a historic ceremony Tuesday as the first woman and person of color elected to the position.

Michelle Wu will be officially sworn in as Boston’s mayor in an historic inauguration Tuesday as the first woman and person of color elected to the position.

Michelle Wu, the first woman and person of color elected to be mayor of Boston, was sworn in on Tuesday, the latest historic achievement for the former city councilor in her adoptive city. Wu took the oath of office flanked by her two children and her husband, vowing to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on…

Kim Janey, who made history when she became mayor of Boston, gave a farewell address to the city as she prepares to pass the baton to its next mayor.

Kim Janey, the first woman and first Black mayor of Boston, said farewell to the city Wednesday as she passes the torch to another trailblazer. The Roxbury native was met by a standing ovation as she was introduced to the crowd at Hibernian Hall in the neighborhood. Among those cheering were Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Mayor-elect Michelle Wu. Both women…

Mayor Kim Janey, Boston’s first woman and first Black mayor, will say goodbye as she turns City Hall over to Michelle Wu.

In a landslide victory, Michelle Wu will become the mayor of Boston.

On Wednesday morning, hours later, the historic nature of Michelle Wu’s win in Boston’s mayoral race hadn’t really set in. “Not particularly,” she told a reporter with a laugh. But Wu, who is the first woman, Asian American or person of color elected to serve as mayor of Boston, was getting to work on Wednesday, attending a City Council...