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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Michelle Wu

Dozens of Boston infrastructure projects approved, funded through Community Preservation Act

Crystal Yormick April 28, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the approval of 56 affordable housing, historic site and recreational projects last Friday, funded by $40 million from the Community Preservation Act.
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Mayor Wu announces new five-year budget proposals

Nathan Metcalf April 19, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu revealed two new multi-billion dollar budget proposals for the 2024 fiscal year to the Boston City Council last Wednesday.
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Mayor Wu signs executive orders to restructure the BPDA

Matthew Eadie February 2, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu introduced legislation transforming the structure of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) by ending decades-long urban renewal projects and establishing a new charter and department for Boston’s city planning and design process.
East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

Ellen Maloney March 25, 2022

April showers came early! Today on East to West, we cover the “Free Palestine” banner draped off the CAS roof, StuGov discussing plans for sexual assault on campus, investigation into East Boston...

bee on a pink flower

Capturing the springtime

Thalia Lauzon April 29, 2021
Warmer days move my nature-photographer heart to get outside and capture something new.
Harvard University fellow Meir Alkon examined China’s new plan to become carbon neutral in a Global China Research Colloquium lecture hosted by the Boston University Global Policy Development Center Wednesday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU lecture on China’s energy investments reveals contradictions to clean energy goal

Sophie Nye December 4, 2020
In a BU lecture Wednesday, presenter Meir Alkon discussed how China’s international energy investments relate to the country’s goal of carbon neutrality, and said the country’s polluting practices could prevent it from reaching its goal.
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