Boston’s election overhaul: iPads, better training and a new director

The city of Boston is modernizing its election system after a mismanaged 2024 election prompted Massachusetts officials to place the city’s elections office under state oversight. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu outlined a range of steps Wednesday to improve the city’s election-day organization,

‘Full steam ahead’: Wu takes victory lap after end of White Stadium legal battle

Speaking at Franklin Park on Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu said the White Stadium project is “moving full steam ahead” one day after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the city’s favor.

DHS calls Wu 'unhinged' after she urges private property owners to reject ICE parking request

If ICE were to sign "surge parking" leases in Boston, it would "constitute an unprovoked and unwarranted escalation," Mayor Michelle Wu said. The post DHS calls Wu ‘unhinged’ after she urges private property owners to reject ICE parking request appeared first on Boston.

Mayor Wu urges Boston parking operators to turn away ICE leasing requests

The mayor cited public safety risks and economic harm in a letter sent Tuesday to local lot and garage owners. ICE fired back in an email to MassLive.

Wu announces new executive director to city’s fraught Election Department

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Kerry Jordan, previously the city’s Chief of Staff for the Department of Innovation and Technology, as the new election commissioner Wednesday, less than two weeks before the state primary election.
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Mayor Wu urges parking facility owners to reject requests from ICE

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is urging parking garage and lot owners to reject requests from ICE to use their property.Wu sent a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
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Wu announces new elections commissioner for Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu announced that longtime city worker Kerry Jordan will serve as the new executive director of the Boston elections department. The leadership change comes after the department was put into a receivership following several mishaps during the 2024 Presidential election,

Wu asks Boston lot owners to reject ICE requests

Wu is urging Boston parking owners to reject ICE requests for parking as the DHS calls her actions "unhinged."
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Votes Roll In for Michelle Wu After Polls Close in Boston’s Uncontested Mayoral Race

Michelle Wu ’07 is poised to cruise to reelection on Tuesday to serve a second term as mayor of Boston, after a first term marked by national attention and opposition to the Trump administration. Wu, running unopposed, has received 90.7 percent of the ...
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Wu urges Boston parking lot owners: Don't rent spots to ICE

In a post on X, Department of Homeland Security officials called Wu's actions "unhinged," saying she has "NO authority to block us from using private property."

Pols & Politics: Wu wants to gut law tempering property tax increases

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is making waves after expressing in recent public radio appearance her willingness to change or even repeal Proposition 2 ½.