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Night Cap brings a  pop-up, non-alcoholic third space to City Hall
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Night Cap brings a pop-up, non-alcoholic third space to City Hall
If you’ve ever wanted to attend a pajama party at Boston City Hall, now’s your chance. Night Cap is a third-space pop-up fueled by a Wake Up the Night grant and located in the famous Brutalist civic center of the city.
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Protesters call for increased funding for youth jobs, housing
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Protesters call for increased funding for youth jobs, housing
As drivers sought to head home or to evening activities on June 7, the music and chatter of buskers at Faneuil Hall mixed with the chants of youth activists as protesters shut down the street below City Hall, calling on Mayor Michelle Wu to preserve updates in the city budget that would increase access to youth jobs and housing.
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Rev. Mariama White-Hammond closes City Hall cabinet chapter
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Rev. Mariama White-Hammond closes City Hall cabinet chapter
On the seventh floor of Boston City Hall, there’s an office with windows facing out over the recently renovated plaza. Whiteboards are filled with scrawled notes and planning. Trophies and mementos and books line the shelves. Two buttons — one that says yes, the other no — sit on the desk ready to verbally voice agreement or dissent.
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No sweeping changes in first year of Wu administration
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No sweeping changes in first year of Wu administration
While the mayor has laid the groundwork toward rent control and some other big-ticket reform items she ran on — like fare-free transit, overhaul of the Boston Planning and Development Agency, and revamped police contracts to tamp down overtime — none of those changes have yet come to pass.
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In the news: David Mayo
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In the news: David Mayo
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Wu pushes reform vision at Boston think tank
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Wu pushes reform vision at Boston think tank
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signaled her intent to stand firm on her reform agenda and that she’s bracing for opposition to her policy goals in remarks she made Tuesday to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau.
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Wu says cabinet will reflect city’s diversity
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Wu says cabinet will reflect city’s diversity
Mayor-elect Michelle Wu pledged last week to assemble a cabinet and department heads who are majority people of color.
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Election will kick off musical chairs on council
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Election will kick off musical chairs on council
When Boston’s new mayor is sworn in on Nov. 16, she will trigger a temporary political shuffle to hold spots until January, when the next crop of city councilors is sworn in.
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More candidates enter City Council races
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More candidates enter City Council races
As the official deadline for nomination papers approaches, more candidates continue to enter races for City Council seats. The open seats are District 6, District 4, District 5, two at-large seats and District 7, should acting Mayor Kim Janey make an official run for mayor.
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