Boston Mayor Wu’s tax battle with Senate dividing residents bracing for 13% tax hike: 'Creating tension and hate'

Boston residents are saying Mayor Michelle Wu’s two-year battle with the state Senate over a stalled plan to hike commercial ...

Families are leaving Boston. What is Boston’s millennial mom mayor doing about that?

Despite a series of pro-family policies from City Hall, the number of children in Boston continues to decline.
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Mayor Michelle Wu Celebrates Boston's Small Businesses at SCALE Program's First Annual Scaled Impact Celebration

Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated the first annual Scaled Impact event, honoring a small business cohort in Boston.

Boston Mayor Wu extends office to residential conversion program for year, aims to build 1,000 new homes

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city is extending a program that aims to revitalize the downtown by converting vacant ...
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Mayor Michelle Wu Designates Three Freedom Trail Sites as Official Landmarks on 252nd Boston Tea Party Anniversary

Boston designated the Old North Church, Old South Meeting House, and Old Corner Bookstore as landmarks on the 252nd ...

Boston Mayor Wu’s trip to Nova Scotia cost taxpayers more than $13K, not $5K as previously disclosed, records show

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu dropped more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds on travel accommodations and a security detail for her four-day trip to Canada, where she chopped down the city’s official ...
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Boston property taxes to jump 13 percent, second straight year with double digit increase

Boston is raising property tax rates on single family homes again next yaer.Mayor Michelle Wu said those taxes will jump 13 percent,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Boston Police say homicides are up 30 percent as Mayor Wu sticks to ‘safest major city’ claim

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox reported homicides are up nearly 30% this year, as Mayor Michelle Wu continued to tout ...
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Boston homicide rate ticks up, though city officials say violence remains near historic low

Police Commissioner Michael Cox did not offer an explanation into the uptick in homicides, but said the figure remains low.
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Mayor Wu shares Boston’s plan to tackle winter weather

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently shared the city’s plan to tackle winter weather in the weeks ahead.The public works department currently has<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Boston Office Slump Deepens as Mayor Pushes for Higher Taxes

Commercial building values in Boston are on track to fall another 6% in fiscal 2026, deepening a two-year slide in a city that leans more heavily on real estate taxes than almost any other major US ...
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Taking a look at the state of the Boston mayor's race as Josh Kraft ends his campaign

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's path to reelection just got clearer. Philanthropist Josh Kraft ended his campaign Thursday, two days after the city’s preliminary election. He got less than a quarter of the ...