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City Hall Reporter at the Boston Globe
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NEW: Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, & Councilor Liz Breadon, move to bypass the city's special election process if indicted Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson resigns. #bospoli Developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/m...

BREAKING: Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty to federal corruption charges. #bospoli #mapoli Check this developing story, by my colleagues Danny McDonald and Shelley Murphy, for updates www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/m...

BREAKING: Boston NWSL team gets major victory in White Stadium lawsuit #bospoli By @michaelsilverman.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/s...

NEW: Last week, a Tufts grad student was detained and shipped off to the rural marshlands of Basile, Louisiana. Judges there have high asylum denial rates, and observers say its appeals court utilizes “the harshest interpretation of immigration law that exists.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/m...

BREAKING: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu nabs Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's endorsement in reelection race #bospoli #mapoli Developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/m...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded to a letter from the council with one of her own, & provides a bit of a preview for what to expect in the FY26 budget: mainly, prioritizing “fiscal discipline,” no new city positions, eliminating long term job vacancies #bospoli

BREAKING: In a surprising reversal, prominent real estate developer Tom O'Brien has decided not to mount a challenge to unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this fall. By @bycathcarlock.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates. #bospoli #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/31/m...

BREAKING: In a surprising reversal, prominent real estate developer Tom O'Brien has decided not to mount a challenge to unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this fall. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/31/m...

Prominent real estate developer Thomas N. O’Brien is expected to announce that he's challenging Mayor Michelle Wu in this fall's mayoral election, @nikigriswold.bsky.social, @leungboston.bsky.social, and I report for @bostonglobe.com. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/28/m...

Mayor Michelle Wu defended Boston as an increasingly diverse, inclusive city where there is “a home for everyone” in an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”

Wow. Watch this video obtained by @bostonglobe.com of masked agents arresting Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...

Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.

In Starting Point: Read takeaways from a Globe profile of the Kraft family. More news: • President Trump downplayed revelations that his officials discussed war plans in a group chat. • Mayor Wu will formally launch her reelection campaign next week.

The White House directly attacked Mayor Michelle Wu, releasing an official statement criticizing the city of Boston’s policies related to how local officials cooperate or not with federal immigration enforcement efforts.

BREAKING: White House attacks Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as ‘radical’ after she criticized Trump in defiant State of the City address. #bospoli #mapoli This is a developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/20/m...

ICYMI: Boston's mayoral race was the star of the show at this year's St. Patrick's Day Breakfast on Sunday, as Wu and Kraft traded jokes and digs. #bospoli #mapoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/16/m...

STORY: An elected, incumbent mayor of Boston hasn’t lost a reelection race since 1949. Here are the odds Kraft faces in his bid to unseat Wu. #bospoli #mapoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/m...