Boston City Council elections could shape Mayor Wu’s next term

Without a mayoral contest in the Nov. 4 election in Boston, attention is turning instead to the City Council races and how ...

Boston Mayor Wu announces universal before- and after-school care plan in first State of the Schools speech

The initiative comes as Boston Public Schools have risen in state rankings over the past three years, despite challenges from ...

Election 2025: From City Hall to select board, the 5 Mass. races to watch. And why they matter

This is the level of government closest to the people. You'll be voting for your friends and neighbors and shaping your ...

Mayor Wu to hold briefing on local response to federal SNAP cuts

Wu and other officials will brief reporters Friday on the local response to the looming suspension of federal SNAP benefits ...

Takeaways from Mayor Wu’s ‘State of the Schools’ speech

In Boston’s first ever “State of the Schools” address at the Josiah Quincy Upper School on Tuesday, Wu spelled out progress the district has made, but she didn’t focus on some key challenges, ...

SNAP judgement

Absent “a 100 percent win” for the plaintiffs, she conceded, millions of SNAP recipients would lose their benefits starting Saturday. And because the costs of funding the program nationwide for the ...