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Boston District 5 City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo

At City Hall, Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations conclude with honors luncheon

Samuele Petruccelli October 18, 2021
Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston ended with a virtual luncheon to honor distinguished residents.
Boston city hall

Polling indicates tight mayoral race

Olga Benacerraf September 8, 2021
Voters will decide Sept. 14 which two mayoral candidates will compete in the general election.
Zoom panel of Boston Mayoral candidates

Mayoral candidates discuss women’s issues, representation for women of color at virtual forum

Anna Vidergar September 2, 2021
Mayoral candidates discussed their plans to support women of color at a virtual forum Wednesday.
Boston mayoral candidates John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, Annissa Essaibi George, Jon Santiago and Michelle Wu at the Suffolk County House of Corrections May 28. The candidates addressed criminal justice reform, mental health resources and more at their first in-person mayoral forum. COURTESY OF PETER VAN DELFT

Suffolk County Sheriff Department holds first in-person 2021 mayoral forum

Madison Mercado June 2, 2021
Six Boston mayoral candidates debated in the first in-person forum of the year last Wednesday.
osaka sushi and steakhouse in brookline

Andrea Campbell releases Restaurant Recovery plan

Greye Dunn April 5, 2021
Boston’s restaurants hopes to return to their feet following a year of public health restrictions.
boston police department officers in downtown boston

City Councilors, police discuss ways to prevent BPD from exceeding overtime budget

Sam Trottenberg March 15, 2021
The department has likely already run-over this fiscal year.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We must recognize the power of local elections

Editors February 24, 2021
As we lean toward more and more progressive lawmakers in local elections, it’s important to remember the power these races hold in the United States.
snowy cape cod park

Andrea Campbell hosts climate justice town hall

Isabella Abraham February 24, 2021
“We know that the climate crisis of course is a public health crisis, and that the investments we need to make in resiliency and sustainability are opportunities to improve health and the economic well-being of our residents," Campbell said.
Boston City Hall. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will leave office if he is confirmed as Labor Secretary, opening the door for a change in Boston leadership after a history of white, male mayors. CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DFP FILE

BU professors reflect on Boston mayors as powerful leaders, look forward to change

Rachel Do January 28, 2021
Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination as Secretary of Labor for the Biden administration marks a new mayoral race for Boston — one that could quickly become historic. The dawn of a new era in Boston government marks an opportunity to reflect on the city’s largely white history, and the power and influence a Boston mayor uniquely possesses.
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Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell