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![Mayor Michelle Wu signed off on an ordinance Wednesday reinstating a planning department run by the city for the first time in 70 years in a ceremony in the West End on Tuesday, a big step for her plans to reshape development in the city. Mayor Michelle Wu signed off on an ordinance Wednesday reinstating a planning department run by the city for the first time in 70 years in a ceremony in the West End on Tuesday, a big step for her plans to reshape development in the city.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nl001.jpg?w=130)
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Mayor Wu signs ordinance creating first city-run planning department in 70 years
Mayor Michelle Wu signed off on an ordinance Wednesday reinstating a planning department run by...
![A potential soccer stadium in Everett backed by Robert Kraft could bring congestion and heavy foot traffic to areas of Boston directly across the Mystic River from the proposed site, a Boston councilor and a city planner told lawmakers on Beacon Hill Tuesday afternoon. A potential soccer stadium in Everett backed by Robert Kraft could bring congestion and heavy foot traffic to areas of Boston directly across the Mystic River from the proposed site, a Boston councilor and a city planner told lawmakers on Beacon Hill Tuesday afternoon.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVERETTsc003.jpg?w=132)
Soccer stadium in Everett could bring foot traffic, congestion to Boston, officials say
A potential soccer stadium in Everett backed by Robert Kraft could bring congestion and heavy...
![A Boston city councilor calling for more accountability around the body’s performance has been the worst offender since the last term for meeting attendance, a metric she would like to see scrutinized in a potential assessment. A Boston city councilor calling for more accountability around the body’s performance has been the worst offender since the last term for meeting attendance, a metric she would like to see scrutinized in a potential assessment.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COUNCILsc008.jpg?w=132)
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Boston city councilor calling for attendance accountability has missed the most meetings, minutes show
A Boston city councilor calling for more accountability around the body’s performance has been the...
![The City of Boston plans to make temporary safety upgrades at a South Boston intersection where a 4-year-old was killed last weekend. The City of Boston plans to make temporary safety upgrades at a South Boston intersection where a 4-year-old was killed last weekend.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3902.jpg?w=126)
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Temporary safety upgrades coming to South Boston intersection where 4-year-old was killed
The City of Boston plans to make temporary safety upgrades at a South Boston intersection...
![Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a “lingering and powerful sewage smell” is wreaking havoc on classes, causing students and teachers to feel ill. Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a “lingering and powerful sewage smell” is wreaking havoc on classes, causing students and teachers to feel ill.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dearbornlo05.jpg?w=132)
Boston school plagued by overpowering ‘sewage smell’
Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a...
![North End restaurateurs behind a lawsuit claiming the city has shown ill-will towards them by imposing restrictions on outdoor dining will have to wait longer to meet with the mayor to discuss how they can find a compromise. North End restaurateurs behind a lawsuit claiming the city has shown ill-will towards them by imposing restrictions on outdoor dining will have to wait longer to meet with the mayor to discuss how they can find a compromise.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NORTHENDsc005.jpg?w=132)
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu a no-show to North End meeting on outdoor dining
North End restaurateurs behind a lawsuit claiming the city has shown ill-will towards them by...
![Mayor Michelle Wu rolled out an “emergency law” to allow Boston to begin increasing property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit next year, saying that residents could otherwise face higher taxes driven by a decline in commercial values. Mayor Michelle Wu rolled out an “emergency law” to allow Boston to begin increasing property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit next year, saying that residents could otherwise face higher taxes driven by a decline in commercial values.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nl02.jpg?w=126)
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Boston Mayor Wu rolls out ’emergency’ plan to increase commercial tax rates
Mayor Michelle Wu rolled out an “emergency law” to allow Boston to begin increasing property...
![A mayoral ordinance creating Boston’s first planning department in seven decades divided the City Council but was ultimately approved, marking a major win for the mayor in her larger plans to restructure city development. A mayoral ordinance creating Boston’s first planning department in seven decades divided the City Council but was ultimately approved, marking a major win for the mayor in her larger plans to restructure city development.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/awnl009.jpg?w=121)
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Boston Mayor Wu successfully pushes planning ordinance through City Council over pushback
A mayoral ordinance creating Boston’s first planning department in seven decades divided the City Council...
![The City of Boston will pay $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of Terrence Coleman, nearly eight years after Boston police responded to her call for help for her mentally ill son and fatally shot the young Black man. The City of Boston will pay $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of Terrence Coleman, nearly eight years after Boston police responded to her call for help for her mentally ill son and fatally shot the young Black man.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/massactionpc04.jpg?w=122)
Boston settles for $4.6M in wrongful death lawsuit related to 2016 police shooting of mentally ill Black man
The City of Boston will pay $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought...
![Mayor Michelle Wu is considering filing legislation that would allow Boston to increase property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit, given the steady decline in commercial values expected to lead to higher taxes for homeowners. Mayor Michelle Wu is considering filing legislation that would allow Boston to increase property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit, given the steady decline in commercial values expected to lead to higher taxes for homeowners.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TEST-01-01.jpg?w=140)
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Michelle Wu considering petitioning state for higher commercial tax rates
Mayor Michelle Wu is considering filing legislation that would allow Boston to increase property taxes...