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Boston is working 24/7 to clear out snow from across our city. 89,000 cubic yards of snow have already been removed and more heavy machinery is hitting the streets tonight.

02.02.2026 23:39 👍 84 🔁 10 💬 5 📌 3
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Every neighborhood in Boston has beautiful Christmas trees and holiday lights! 🎄✨

Thank you to our @boston.gov workers who make our neighborhoods shine bright and bring the wonder and joy of the season to life for all of our neighbors. ⭐

21.12.2025 13:01 👍 102 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
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Madison Park just took a big step forward on the path to a rebuild!

16.12.2025 13:06 👍 49 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1
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Potential $700 million Madison Park school rebuild wins support from state funding agency - The Boston Globe Boston is likely to get hundreds of millions of dollars from the state for what could be the most expensive school project in Massachusetts history.

Big news for Boston, BPS, & our future:

Madison Park selected by the state school construction funding program to rebuild a state-of-the-art vocational education campus!

13.12.2025 18:13 👍 80 🔁 16 💬 5 📌 3

With these baseless attacks targeting our nation-leading programs for fair and affordable housing, the Trump administration continues to undermine the very civil rights laws they are supposed to uphold.

13.12.2025 00:40 👍 59 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law. And we deliver for our residents:

Over the last four years, Boston has created more affordable housing and helped more families become first-time homeowners than ever before.

13.12.2025 00:39 👍 158 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 1

Chainsaw skills:
Wu 1
Musk 0

13.11.2025 12:46 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Michelle takes up the chainsaw to fell this year’s Tree for Boston in Nova Scotia

Michelle takes up the chainsaw to fell this year’s Tree for Boston in Nova Scotia

The Nova Scotia Christmas tree is officially on its way to the oldest public park in America! Thank you from Boston to our northerly neighbors for well over a century of friendship & care.

12.11.2025 21:09 👍 357 🔁 61 💬 14 📌 20

In Boston, every day is No Kings Day

18.10.2025 19:48 👍 1959 🔁 345 💬 25 📌 13
Mayor Wu cuts a red ribbon on stage surrounded by students, staff, and other community members that hold the ribbon. A crowd watches and photographs them from beneath the stage.

Mayor Wu cuts a red ribbon on stage surrounded by students, staff, and other community members that hold the ribbon. A crowd watches and photographs them from beneath the stage.

Mayor Wu poses for a photo with a crowd of community members.

Mayor Wu poses for a photo with a crowd of community members.

Mayor Wu smiles and engages in conversation with five students.

Mayor Wu smiles and engages in conversation with five students.

The Sarah Roberts school exterior can be seen during a cloudy and rainy day.

The Sarah Roberts school exterior can be seen during a cloudy and rainy day.

This morning, we proudly cut the ribbon on the new Sarah Roberts School in Roslindale!

In 1847, a brave five-year-old girl and her father became the first to challenge school segregation in court. Sarah Roberts and her father, Benjamin Roberts, sued the City of Boston. 🧵

08.10.2025 20:45 👍 44 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1
Graphic with a professional photo of Clare Kelly and text: Mayor Wu appoints Clare Kelly Chief of Staff, Boston Mayor's Office.

Graphic with a professional photo of Clare Kelly and text: Mayor Wu appoints Clare Kelly Chief of Staff, Boston Mayor's Office.

I am delighted to welcome Clare Kelly as our new Chief of Staff!

Clare has been a key leader over the last 4 years, serving as Director of Intergovernmental Relations since Jan. 2022. Her decades of service in government and community will help steer our work to make Boston a home for everyone.

06.10.2025 16:28 👍 52 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

Thank you! Even better: polls are actually open until 8pm tonight 😄

09.09.2025 13:08 👍 41 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Michelle & volunteers take a picture on Adams Street before going out to knock on doors

Michelle & volunteers take a picture on Adams Street before going out to knock on doors

Michelle walks down the street with her canvassing partner in Dorchester

Michelle walks down the street with her canvassing partner in Dorchester

GOTV weekend dream: knocking on a door & being invited in to crash a football watch party with a house full of voters!

GOTV weekend dream: knocking on a door & being invited in to crash a football watch party with a house full of voters!

Sunday afternoon door-knocking + crashing Patriots watch parties 😅 Rather be with fans in Dorchester than in the luxury box in Foxboro any day of the week!

08.09.2025 01:32 👍 107 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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It’s Boston vs. the billionaires, and I’m with Boston.

02.09.2025 13:08 👍 353 🔁 60 💬 5 📌 8

Not just any supporter—a compatriot helping Trump with flights to Guantánamo

23.08.2025 21:56 👍 323 🔁 119 💬 11 📌 18
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Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.

19.08.2025 19:34 👍 838 🔁 201 💬 46 📌 49
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We’re making Boston a home for everyone—except rats. 🐀

Join the City of Boston for “Let’s Talk Rats: the Boston Rodent Action Plan” this Tuesday, August 12 to share your feedback and see what steps we’re taking to reduce the rodent population in Boston.

Register at boston.gov/rats —link in bio.

08.08.2025 17:31 👍 33 🔁 7 💬 8 📌 0

Oh wow they really changed the coloring to make me look like a vampire 😂

Same message from that day goes for the Kraft billionaire SuperPAC: Hands Off Boston!

06.08.2025 11:25 👍 142 🔁 26 💬 9 📌 2

The Mayor of Boston should work for the people of Boston & no one else, without hidden financial interests, conflicts, & entanglements.

I’ve released my full & complete financials every year for the last 12 years. Josh Kraft promised to do so months ago…still waiting!

01.08.2025 23:27 👍 237 🔁 54 💬 7 📌 2
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Josh Kraft has yet to disclose his 2024 tax return — in fact, he's filing late In May, the Kraft campaign said it would release his tax returns “in the near future.” But now the campaign says the candidate had asked the IRS for a six-month filing extension.

Donald Trump has proven that politicians today can get away with ignoring basic transparency & avoid accountability on personal financial interests, conflicts & entanglements. I’ve been disclosing financials since before Trump & still believe in good government. Here’s why it matters in this race:🧵

23.07.2025 12:45 👍 154 🔁 41 💬 6 📌 11
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As always, the devil is in the details.

13.07.2025 13:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#BostonFamilyDay is one of the absolute coolest things @wutrain.bsky.social has done in this first term for Boston residents. Hundreds of folks have been able to experience the City's cultural treasures for the first time with their families.

Today is one of the biggest days yet. Go, go, go.

13.07.2025 13:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Press Release: Mayor Michelle Wu gains key endorsement from Boston Teachers Union - Boston Teachers Union BOSTON – Today, the Boston Teachers Union (BTU), representing more [...]

Honored to earn the support of the teachers, paraprofessionals, nurses, librarians & all members of our largest City union! As a BPS mom, I’m grateful for BTU members every single day. Proud to keep working together to make Boston a home for everyone & BPS the first choice for all our families.

11.07.2025 12:21 👍 67 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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Opinion— At long last, a new deal for Madison Park and the trades | Dorchester Reporter Last month, on May 13, Mayor Wu and Boston Public School Superintendent Mary Skipper announced a new agreement between the Boston Building Trades Union, the Carpenters’ Union, and the City to provide ...

At long last, a new deal for Madison Park & the trades.

Thank you, Ms. Baker & all the Friends of Madison Park for your leadership.

12.06.2025 14:19 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
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Actress and Boston Latin alum Ayo Edebiri visits students with Mayor Wu A crowded auditorium at Boston Latin School erupted in screams as Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Ayo Edebiri returned to her alma mater. She pointed out familiar faces in the crowd with B...

The times are dark, but @wutrain.bsky.social helps us find joy on the regular.

This was a great event and a great day celebrating @ayoedebiribrasil.bsky.social at BLS.

#bospoli #mapoli

12.04.2025 12:31 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For decades in Boston, BMRB was a trusted source of municipal finance & policy expertise. Today they behave as a political action committee to lower corporate taxes.

I declined the annual invite to present advanced insights on Boston’s budget at a $325/person lunch to fundraise for this cause.

28.03.2025 02:14 👍 101 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 1

This exchange between @wutrain.bsky.social and AZ Rep. Paul Gosar shows the key difference between a smart, tough, capable, big city Mayor and a Republican backbencher in Congress.

Mayors deal with the fallout when Congress plays political games.

#bospoli #mapoli

06.03.2025 00:32 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight
Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight YouTube video by City of Boston

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家.

This is our city.

We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.

#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

05.03.2025 16:32 👍 2009 🔁 444 💬 58 📌 103
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Largest city police union delivers big endorsement to Mayor Wu | Dorchester Reporter Mayor Wu won a ringing endorsement from the city’s largest public safety unions— the Boston Police Patrolmen Association (BPPA) and the association’s affiliated EMS partners— during a press conference...

Big vote of confidence for Mayor’s reelection today, team.

#bospoli #mapoli

27.02.2025 23:34 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Arguably the greatest ever to do it. R.I.P. Gene Hackman at 95.

#moviesky

27.02.2025 12:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0