BREAKING: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed an executive order that bans federal officials from using city property for immigration enforcement operations. #bospoli Developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...

NEW: ‘Badly misinformed’ vs. ‘fear-mongering’: Wu, Collins escalate clash over Boston property taxes #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...

ICYMI: Property taxes on Boston single-family homes set to spike 13 percent in second consecutive double-digit increase #bospoli By me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/m...

NEW: Gabriela Coletta Zapata @gigi4district1.bsky.social says she has secured enough support from her colleagues to be Boston City Council president in January. She has other news too: She’s pregnant! #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com

STORY: With Wu’s slated victory, all eyes are on the city council’s at-large race. Will voters show up to the polls? #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/m...

BREAKING: Former City Hall employee sues Boston, Mayor Wu over firing after she accused top official Segun Idowu of misconduct #bospoli By me and my colleague Andrew Ryan, for @bostonglobe.com. This is a developing story, check back for updates! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/m...

The nonprofit leader and billionaire’s son entered the race for Boston mayor with name ID, momentum, and effectively unlimited money. How did it all come apart? Breaking down the rise and fall of Josh Kraft's campaign, with @nikigriswold.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

STORY: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu won all but a handful of precincts in Tuesday’s preliminary mayoral election. See where. #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com with graphics by @johnhancock.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

STORY: Josh Kraft got crushed in Boston's preliminary mayoral election. What now? #bospoli By @emmaplatoff.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m...

ICYMI: Mayoral challenger Josh Kraft claims Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is illegally using public resources for her reelection campaign. Experts say that’s hard to prove. #bospoli #mapoli By @emmaplatoff.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...

STORY from yesterday: ‘Boston will not back down’: Wu blasts Trump administration after Bondi’s latest demands on immigration enforcement #bospoli #mapoli By me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...

STORY: As bad as it’s ever been’: Frustration mounts in South End over public drug use, dealing near Mass. and Cass. Read my latest for @bostonglobe.com below. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/m...

BREAKING: Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson announces she’s filed her resignation, last day in office will be July 4. #bospoli Developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/m...

The woman fired from her job at Boston City Hall last month amid a controversy over a domestic violence arrest claims Mayor Michelle Wu unfairly cut her loose in an attempt to contain an election-year scandal.

NEW: As activists accuse Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft and his campaign of breaking election law, Kraft's campaign alleges violations by Mayor Michelle Wu. #bospoli By my colleague @emmaplatoff.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/04/m...

STORY: US Attorney Foley blasted Mayor Wu over ICE comments. Wu fired right back, saying ICE is spreading ‘fear.’ #bospoli #mapoli By my colleague Travis Anderson and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/04/m...

ICYMI: Boston wanted tax-exempt institutions to chip in more to help pay for city services, by reforming its 'payment in lieu of taxes,' or PILOT, program. Under Trump, it’s looking unlikely. #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/31/b...

There's no shortage of issues to debate in this year’s Boston mayor’s race. But so far, the one taking center stage is money: who’s giving it, who’s spending it, whose dad has a lot of it, and how much of it is funding attack ads. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/m... with @nikigriswold.bsky.social

NEW: Personal wealth, outside spending take center stage as Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft compete in fiery Boston mayor’s race. #bospoli By @emmaplatoff.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/m...

NEW: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu releases 2024 tax return and annual financial disclosure amid reelection campaign #bospoli My latest for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/28/m...

Super PAC backing Josh Kraft in Boston’s mayoral race launches anti-Wu text campaign #bospoli

STORY: ‘Marie Antoinette,’ ‘private jet’: Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft trade barbs as Boston mayor’s race gets off to a fiery start #bospoli By @emmaplatoff.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/19/m...

BREAKING: the Boston City Council votes 8-4 to implement ranked choice voting in municipal elections. The measure still needs the approval of the state Legislature, before voters get the final say through a ballot measure. Story tk #bospoli @bostonglobe.com

STORY: As Mayor Wu seeks a second term, some fear her commitment to progressive causes has dimmed #bospoli My latest with @emmaplatoff.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/m...

ICYMI: Josh Kraft is focused on persuading Black voters in Boston’s mayoral race. Is it working? #bospoli #mapoli By me and @tianarochon.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/m...

BREAKING: Boston joins lawsuit against Trump administration over $3.6 billion in cancelled grants to address homelessness #bospoli #mapoli Developing story by me for @bostonglobe.com, check back for updates. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/m...

NEW: A wealthy outsider ousted the incumbent mayor of San Francisco. Could it happen here? #bospoli #mapoli By @emmaplatoff.bsky.social and me for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...

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...