The Boston Globe2d
Michelle Wu mixes motherhood and mayor-hood
That’s one takeaway from watching Michelle Wu mix new motherhood with mayor-hood. At least from the outside, she makes it look easy. But she also has advantages other mothers lack. As Boston’s ...
MassLive5d
Boston Mayor Wu’s bike lane push sparks praise, protest and a campaign issue
In Boston — the fourth most-congested city in the country by some estimates — any change that could prolong a commute by even just a little bit is sure to face strong pushback. And bike lanes ...
Boston Herald5d
Pols & Politics: Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft make moves as race for Boston mayor kicks off
The race for mayor of Boston kicked into high gear last week, with challenger Josh Kraft declaring and the incumbent Michelle Wu making moves to defend her record. Boston mayoral candidate Josh ...
Richmond6d
Commentary: Henry Marsh taught us the power of persistence
But that would miss what his life meant to the world. Henry Marsh was more than Richmond’s first Black mayor, more than a renowned civil rights lawyer, and more than one of Virginia’s longest ...
Boston Herald4d
Round 3: Boston City Council set to vote on Mayor Wu’s tax shift legislation Wednesday
Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, who chairs the subcommittee that held a hearing on Mayor Michelle Wu’s expanded tax shift home rule petition last month, said in a five-page report that she ...
CBS News5d
Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft on Boston bike lanes, struggling schools and how he's different from Michelle Wu
BOSTON - Democrat Josh Kraft, the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is challenging Mayor Michelle Wu in the 2025 Boston mayoral election, an enterprise he says involves listening as ...
Today3d
The mayor of Boston went back to work 2 weeks after giving birth. She explains why.
Michelle Wu made history as the first woman to be elected mayor of Boston. Then she made history by being the first Boston mayor to give birth while in office. Now she's making history by going ...
Los Angeles Times2d
San Francisco gives new mayor expedited powers to tackle drug use, homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie notched an early victory in his crusade against the city’s twin crises of homelessness and fentanyl addiction, getting sign-off from the Board ...
Richmond4d
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was ...
Sky3d
Mayor says death of British couple in French village may be linked to 'problem from past'
The deaths of a British couple in rural France could be linked to a "problem from the past or somewhere far away," according to a local mayor. Andrew Searle, 62, and Dawn Searle, 56, are reported ...
The Washington Post2d
D.C. mayor proposes permanent rollback of pandemic-era housing protections
D.C. would roll back pandemic-era eviction protections and emergency rental assistance policies and authorize expedited evictions for people arrested for violent crimes under a proposal Mayor ...