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A voting sign and campaign posters near the polling site at Tobin Municipal Building. Tuesday’s election will decide Boston’s first elected female mayor of color, with votes rolling in across 255 precincts until 8 p.m.. KATHERINE FEUERMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wu victorious in historic election: 2021 Boston mayoral election live updates

Daily Free Press Staff November 2, 2021
We bring you the latest coverage on Boston's 2021 Mayoral Election as it breaks.
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.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t celebrate a Chick-fil-A food truck

Editors January 29, 2021

If you’re on campus this semester and have walked past Boston University’s College of Communication, you might have seen a big, red food truck. At the beginning of the year, Chick-fil-A began parking...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. If Walsh is confirmed by the Senate as Labor Secretary, he will look to take his labor- and community-oriented values to Washington. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Recap of Walsh’s mayoral legacy

Daniel Kool January 28, 2021
At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
President-elect Joe Biden nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary Thursday. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Biden taps Walsh for Secretary of Labor

Daniel Kool January 7, 2021
As Labor secretary, Walsh would oversee a range of federal laws including minimum wage and overtime securities, as well as anti-discrimination policies and workplace safety regulations.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at a Stop & Shop worker’s strike in April. Walsh recently announced the 2019-20 Spark Council which oversees increasing civic engagement among young adults. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces his picks for this year’s Spark Council

Gabriella Finocchio October 10, 2019
The spark council will work to "fill gaps" in the community while encouraging Boston's young adults to register to vote, participate in the 2020 Census and get involved in the community.
Popular fast-food chain Chick-fil-A plans to open a location in Boston, though the City has pushed back against the company previously. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Chick-fil-A’s homophobic history leaves some locals hoping for chicken embargo

Alex LaSalvia November 15, 2018
Chick-fil-A is planning to open a location in Back Bay, which would be the franchise’s first location in Boston. The chain is pursuing a location at 569 Boylston St. but is still in the early approval process, Amanda Hannah, spokesperson for Chick-fil-A, said in statement.
Emerson College releases a mayoral election poll, showing Mayor Martin Walsh to be leading ahead of Tito Jackson by 31 percent. PHOTO BY ISABELLA CARATTINI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Recent poll puts Walsh in the lead of mayoral race

Shannon Larson September 22, 2017

  Should mayoral candidate Tito Jackson and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh advance in the preliminary, it would take a perfect storm to brew in the city for Jackson to dethrone incumbent Walsh this...

7th Inning Stretch: Don’t worry, David Ortiz isn’t going anywhere

7th Inning Stretch: Don’t worry, David Ortiz isn’t going anywhere

Jacob Gurvis September 18, 2017

Forever is a long time. It’s an intangible, eternal period, one that often serves as a form of hyperbole. “Baseball games take forever, the Red Sox will be paying Pablo Sandoval forever, David...

From left, Boston University President Robert Brown, Angela Menino, Susan Menino Fenton, and Thomas Menino Jr. announced during a press conference at the Initiative on Cities Tuesday that late Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s archives will be housed at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU chosen to host Menino’s archives, family of late mayor thanks university

Sekar Krisnauli October 28, 2015

Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s family has chosen the Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center to organize and house the official Thomas Menino Archive, the family announced Tuesday...

Boston University President Robert Brown attended a Boston City Council Committee on Education meeting Friday after being subpoenaed to attend last month. PHOTO BY MEILING BEDARD/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU President Brown testifies at City Council hearing about campus diversity

Meiling Bedard December 20, 2014

After receiving a subpoena to appear before the Boston City Council, Boston University President Robert Brown testified at a hearing Friday regarding the university’s student and employee diversity. Boston...

Mayor Menino explains his vision for the New Balance World Headquarters at the groundbreaking ceremony for Boston University's New Balance Field in September 2013. PHOTO BY ASHLYN EDWARDS/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU community mourns Thomas Menino, reflects on his contributions

Mina Corpuz October 31, 2014

Members of the Boston University community mourned the loss of former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Thursday and reflected on his contributions to campus. Menino, 71, died after battling an advanced form...

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