Fresh off widespread coverage of her State of the City address, Mayor Michelle Wu announced on WBUR Tuesday that her re-election campaign will launch April 5. The mayoral race will officially be between Wu and Democratic challenger Josh Kraft, president of the New England Patriots Foundation.
The Brookline School Committee voted to eliminate the Office of Educational Equity March 13. In response, Brookline community groups are raising money, attempting to fund the equity positions themselves.
Boston’s City Council voted on March 12 to officially designate the city as a sanctuary for transgender individuals and the wider LGBTQ+ community. Out of 13 councilor members, Councilor Ed Flynn was alone in voting “no” in the 12-1 decision, raising concerns among Boston residents.
Hundreds of protestors gathered in Somerville Wednesday to call for the release of a Tufts University student who was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday — the latest in a string of arrests by the Trump administration targeting international students who participated in pro-Palestine protests.
As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
The recently-formed National Women's Soccer League Boston-based team announced its new name, one which will replace the original name “BOS Nation Football Club.”
During Mayor Michelle Wu’s third annual State of the City address, mayoral candidate Josh Kraft took to X to respond to several items Wu mentioned in her speech, including the building of affordable housing, the quality of Boston public schools and the overall safety of the city.
The City of Boston plans to allocate 50% of White Stadium renovation contracts to local minority- and women-owned businesses through its newly formed White Stadium Supplier Diversity Advisory Group.
Mayor Michelle Wu highlighted Boston’s resistance against the Trump administration’s attacks on the city’s public servants, immigrants, veterans and the LBGTQ+ community, along with introducing education and housing initiatives in her 2025 State of the City Address Wednesday.
The Boston City Council passed a resolution recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, discussed ways to employ laid-off federal workers and designated March 16-22, 2025 as “Sunshine Week” during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
Boston’s City Council voted 12-1 at a meeting March 12 to officially designate the city as a sanctuary for transgender individuals and the wider LGBTQ+ community.
