Michelle Wu

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke to a joint committee on Beacon Hill Wednesday to advance her revised tax proposal. The mayor urged lawmakers to approve it in time for Gov. Maura Healey’s signature. Wu called the revised plan, with more protections for small businesses, a compromise, balancing the needs of residents and the business community. Boston’s commissioner of assessing used...

Elected officials in Massachusetts are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants by declaring a national emergency and using military assets. Trump campaigned on a promise of the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, and he says he intends to deliver on it. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who declared a state of emergency...

With her existing proposal hung up on Beacon Hill, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she’s sending a new proposal to the State House that she believes will “stabilize property taxes and protect homeowners and renters from a dramatic spike.” The Massachusetts House in July approved a home rule petition from the City of Boston designed to shift some...

“Bill Russell showed us on and off the court that, to deliver a brighter future, you have to reckon with the past. He knew he had a platform, and he used it to push for a better world,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said

“The bridge renaming will honor his dedication to civil rights and the fostering of Boston’s youth and young athletes,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office says.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday that she and her husband are expecting their third child — a baby girl — in January. This may be a new experience for the city, but not for Wu. Both of her sons — ages 9 and 7 — were born while she served as a city councilor. Wu said the pregnancy doesn’t…

Boston’s mayor is pregnant with her third child. Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday that she and her husband are expecting a new child. Her due date is in January. “Conor, Blaise, Cass, and I can’t wait to welcome another little one to our family and to Boston,” Wu said in a statement. “I’m grateful to live in this welcoming...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visited NBC 10 Boston’s @Issue and explained the migrant situation that the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts is going through as they’re trying to find shelter for the influx of people coming into the state. “We’re experiencing the symptoms of a federal immigration system that’s been broken” said Wu. “At the federal...

Boston business owners will have a second chance to get a major financial boost through a grant offered by the city, in an effort by the Wu administration to fill vacant commercial space in Downtown and other neighborhoods. Mayor Michelle Wu announced on Monday that the city has opened applications for its second round of Supporting Pandemic Affected Community Enterprises…

The City of Boston continues to take steps toward rebuilding a bridge and addiction treatment center on Long Island, as mental health and drug crises in the city remain dominant issues facing the Wu administration. On Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Public Works Department is now looking for outside firms to oversee construction and provide assistance with contract…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency for Thursday and Friday, as high temperatures impact much of New England. Cooling centers will be open at 15 Boston Centers for Youth & Families from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There also will be 64 splash pads open throughout the city. Boston Public Library branches are another option to escape…

The Boston City Council quietly moved one of the most-talked-about issues in the city into its legislative process Wednesday with little discussion in the chamber, rejecting an attempt to immediately adopt the mayor’s strategy for addressing encampments in an area that’s at the center of the state’s opioid epidemic. The council sent an ordinance from Mayor Michelle Wu related...

Boston’s mayor discussed her plan to reopen the addiction recovery campus that once operated on Long Island in the Boston Harbor after visiting the facility Wednesday. Mayor Michelle Wu, along with Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, held a news conference to share the latest on the plan for the...

A Black teacher and musician who says members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through Boston last year sued the organization on Tuesday. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in the area of the Boston Public Library to play his saxophone on July 2, 2022, when he was surrounded…

There were plenty of people checking out the long slide at a Boston City Hall Plaza playground Wednesday, after it viral over video showing a Boston police officer getting hurt on his way down. We got a first-hand look at the slide from a father who took his daughter down — and reported that it was a “normal” ride. Here’s…

Boston police and Mayor Michelle Wu are addressing a video that’s been shared widely on social media showing an officer who was hurt on a slide at City Hall Plaza. The officer, who appears in the video to be in full uniform, suffered minor injuries, according to a representative for the department. He was treated using his own medical...

Mayor Michelle Wu, in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program, is hosting free movie nights in 11 different parks across the city next month. The movie showings are scheduled from Aug. 8-Sept. 1. Each movie showing will begin at dusk. Here’s the full schedule: “Minions: The Rise of Gru”When: Tuesday, Aug. 8Where: Moakley Park, 1005 Columbia…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu sits down for an interview on how she plans to address the city’s housing crisis and her thoughts about the chaos enveloping City Council.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has briefly addressed the crash her city vehicle was involved in on Tuesday in Roslindale, and a newly released police report showed that three people were taken to the hospital after the crash, including a child and the officer who was driving Wu. The mayor’s black electric Mustang SUV had its police lights on during...

A car carrying Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was involved in a crash Tuesday, according to her office. The mayor’s office confirmed she was a passenger at the time of the crash and said no one was seriously hurt. The crash happened at the intersection of Hyde Park Avenue and Blakemore Street in Roslindale. Video shows a black SUV with...