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A federal judge on Monday tossed out several convictions against the Massachusetts mayor elected at just 23 years old who was found guilty by jurors of bilking investors and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses. U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock overturned eight counts of the jury’s guilty verdict against against ex-Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia that...

Top two vote-getters Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George will face off in the general election, ensuring that Boston’s next mayor is a woman of color.

The unofficial results from Tuesday night’s Boston preliminary mayoral and city council elections were finally released Wednesday morning, a full 14 hours after the polls closed. The issue, Boston’s election commissioner said, was that approximately 7,000 ballots were received inside 22 drop boxes around the city close to 8 p.m. Tuesday, when polls officially closed. Election officials said they didn’t…

Five mayoral hopefuls are making their final pitches to Boston voters ahead of the city’s preliminary election that will narrow the field down to two candidates Tuesday.

Five mayoral hopefuls are making their final pitches to Boston voters ahead of the city’s preliminary election that will narrow the field down to two candidates Tuesday. Acting Mayor Kim Janey, city councilors Annissa Essaibi-George, Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu, and John Barros, the city’s former economic development chief, are all vying to be one of the two top...

The five candidates for Boston mayor are making their final pitches to voters ahead of the city’s preliminary election that will narrow the field down to two on Tuesday.

Candidates for Boston mayor are making a last pitch to voters ahead of the city’s preliminary election on Tuesday. Acting Mayor Kim Janey, city councilors Annissa Essaibi-George, Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu, and John Barros, the city’s former economic development chief, are all vying to be one of the two top vote-getters in the contest. All the candidates are...

Boston’s five major mayoral hopefuls faced off in their first televised debate Wednesday night in a bid for votes as the upcoming preliminary election narrows the field down to two. Mayor Kim Janey; City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George, Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu; and John Barros, the city’s former economic development chief, all participated in the hourlong debate, which...

Kim Janey, Michelle Wu, Andrea Campbell, Annissa Essaibi George and John Barros took part in a debate Wednesday night ahead of the preliminary election for Boston mayor.

In the second poll released this month, City Councilor Michelle Wu is shown with a strong lead in the Boston mayoral race. Voting has already begun in the closely watched preliminary election for Boston mayor. The latest poll of about 500 likely voters, taken by the Boston Globe and Suffolk University, validates findings from other recent surveys that point to...

Authorities say an arrest has been made in connection with the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman in 2017 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Emanuel Disla, 18, of Lawrence, is charged with murder and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Lawrence District Court, the Essex District Attorney’s Office said. He is charged with killing Mindy Tran, who was found shot multiple…

Boston public school students will be required to wear masks in the fall, Mayor Kim Janey said Thursday, despite statewide guidance that allows children to learn mask-free in Massachusetts.

A big endorsement in the Boston mayoral race came Thursday for Mayor Kim Janey from members of a politically-connected Latino family. “I know that Kim is somebody who shares my values, and has also implemented those values in the work that she’s doing that as mayor,” said Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo. Arroyo’s father is Suffolk County Register of...

Four candidates for Boston mayor took part in a forum hosted by Boston Pride and moderated by Sue O’Connell.

Boston Pride hosted a virtual forum with four of the six major candidates in the Boston mayoral race Monday evening. The candidate forum was moderated by Sue O’Connell, political commentator and analyst for Boston Pride’s media partner, NBC10 Boston and NECN, and a longtime journalist in the LGBTQIA+ community. The candidates were each given 15 minutes during a specific time slot to address the audience via a...

Kendrys Vasquez, the acting mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, who took over when Dan Rivera stepped down, joined NBC10 Boston to talk about what it feels like to be mayor of his hometown, vaccine hesitancy in the community, and how collaborations are helping.

A mayoral forum in Boston Tuesday evening took on new meaning after Derek Chauvin’s conviction in George Floyd’s murder.

Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced her bid for a full term in the position Tuesday morning, joining the race for a fall election of the city’s next leader.

Boston Mayor Kim Janey painted a vision of parity and highlighted her ties to the city she grew up in when launching her campaign for a full term Tuesday. “I bring to City Hall and to this race my life experience like none of my predecessors,” Janey said. “Those experiences inform how I govern and how I will lead the…

Boston Mayor Kim Janey unveiled a new campaign Monday to promote an equitable recovery for the city’s tourism and hospitality industries as well as small businesses which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.