Tag: Mayor Michelle Wu
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In 7-0 vote, School Committee passes $1.73 billion budget
The Boston School Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a $1.73 billion budget for next school year, a more than 4.5 percent increase over this year’s spending plan, but ongoing financial pressures and declining enrollment will put between 300 and 400 jobs at…
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Back-to-back snowstorms move electeds to pitch ‘strike force’ for removal efforts
State Sen. Nick Collins and City Councillors Brian Worrell and Ed Flynn want to augment Boston’s snow-removal approach by establishing a snow clearance strike force. Citing the “extra strain” on city workers when there is a heavy snowfall, Worrell proposed…
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Robert Cappucci makes yet another bid for mayor; one of three challenging Mayor Wu
Robert Cappucci. Georgia Epiphaniou photo. Robert Cappucci has been campaigning for public office for more than five decades, with runs for state representative, Congress, City Council and now, for the fourth time, mayor of Boston. “A winner, as they say,…