Nov. 4 municipal election: What Boston voters need to know

Both in-person early voting and voter registration deadlines for the Nov. 4 election have passed. Voters who have received absentee or vote-by-mail ballots are encouraged to return them to any of the ...

Boston, nonprofit say they’re putting nearly $1.8 million toward food access, ask public to donate

The City of Boston and The Boston Foundation each contributed $500,000 to a newly launched effort, and the foundation raised an additional $750,000 for the cause, officials said at a City Hall news ...

Boston City Council elections could shape Mayor Wu’s next term

Without a mayoral contest in the Nov. 4 election in Boston, attention is turning instead to the City Council races and how ...

Boston Mayor Wu announces universal before- and after-school care plan in first State of the Schools speech

The initiative comes as Boston Public Schools have risen in state rankings over the past three years, despite challenges from ...

Facing public outrage, Quincy’s mayor wants to reduce controversial raise to $225,000

Thomas Koch's original idea would have made the Quincy mayor the highest-paid mayor in Massachusetts. He said the controversy ...

Mayor Wu delivers Boston’s first ‘State of the Schools’ address

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered the city’s first “State of the Schools” address Tuesday night, an optimistic speech ...