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Mayor Michelle Wu smiles at the crowd before giving her city address at MGM Music Hall at Fenway March 19. Wu officially announced that she would be running for reelection at the Cyclorama Building at South End April 5. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Wu formally announces reelection campaign amidst broad support

Will Fuller April 9, 2025

Mayor Michelle Wu officially launched her reelection campaign April 5, delivering a speech at the Cyclorama Building at South End. In the speech, Wu reflected on being in the Cyclorama — the same...

Boston City Hall. The Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee discussed the creation of a Boston Development fund to compliment Mayor Michelle Wu’s $100 million proposal to expand affordable housing. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council Ways and Means Committee discusses Boston homeownership improvements

Elizabeth Mehler November 13, 2024
Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on docket #1002, the creation of a Boston Development Fund in the planning department, on Wednesday at City Hall Plaza. 
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.
Mayor Martin Walsh answers questions after a debate. Walsh, nonprofit leaders and community members have begun a year-long outreach campaign to guarantee a fair and comprehensive count for the U.S. Census in 2020. WILLIAM BEVEVINO/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces funding to promote accurate 2020 census count

Isabel Contreras April 5, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday a $100,000 outreach campaign to bolster the City’s forthcoming efforts to count every one of its residents in the 2020 U.S. Census.
An economic boom in Boston has not been felt by all as racial and income disparities widen. OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston ranks first in economic mobility for black individuals

Daily Free Press Staff October 11, 2018
Boston is the second best city in the nation when it comes to economic mobility, according to a recent report by The Boston Foundation’s research center, Boston Indicators.
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