Politics
The Boston police patrolmen’s union last week declined to back a candidate for mayor while opting to back five candidates in the race for the at-large slots on the City Council.
“None of the candidates for mayor have requested our endorsement to date,”... Read more
Charles Yancey, who served on the City Council for 32 years, lost his District 4 seat in 2015 to a young attorney named Andrea Campbell. Yancey is now stepping back into the political ring as Campbell runs for mayor.
On Thursday, he announced his support... Read more
A super PAC supporting Michelle Wu sprang to life this week, with a television ad that mentions her work for the late Mayor Thomas Menino and Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of her mayoral campaign.
The ad touts her as the first woman of color elected... Read more
Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s first television ad hits the airwaves Tuesday, a 30-second spot that the campaign plans to air through Sept. 14, the day of the preliminary election. The campaign is spending $164,000 on airtime this week.
Her campaign’s ad is... Read more
City Councillor Annissa Essaibi George this week accused Acting Mayor Kim Janey of “weaponizing” the position as the Sept. 14 preliminary election for the top job in City Hall gets closer.
Essaibi George lit into Janey on Thursday, saying she agreed with... Read more
City Councillor At-Large Michelle Wu’s mayoral campaign on Thursday unveiled a TV ad that they plan to run in English and Spanish up to the Sept. 14 preliminary.
The campaign has spent more than $300,000 on airing the ad, with it set to appear on cable,... Read more
After outcry from members of the Boston City Council and several candidates for mayor, elections officials added five locations to a list of early voting sites for the Sept. 14 preliminary election and the Nov. 2 final election.
The original list of sites... Read more
A group of Bostonians are petitioning to get an advisory referendum on the November 2 ballot that would ask voters if they support a return to an elected Boston School Committee. The body is currently composed of appointed members chosen by the mayor, a... Read more
Mayoral candidate John Barros released his first ad of the campaign, focusing on airing it online and eventually on television.
Called “The Table,” it was filmed in the Barros family yard in Dorchester, with supporters seated around a table as Barros, who... Read more
City employees must get vaccinated or submit to weekly coronavirus testing, Acting Mayor Kim Janey said Thursday.
The city, which employs 18,000 people, expects to phase in the mandate over two months. Employees who work in the schools, the centers for... Read more
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