KIM JANEY

When she was elected mayor of Boston in November, Michelle Wu transformed the image of the city’s chief executive.

Workers have started removing the last tents from a homeless encampment at a Boston intersection known as Mass and Cass.

Michelle Wu has been sworn in as Boston’s first woman and first person of color elected mayor in the city’s history.

Asian American Michelle Wu is Boston's first elected mayor who isn't a white man. While many celebrate the milestone, others lament that all the Black candidates failed, in a city long seen as racist.

Asian American Michelle Wu is Boston's first elected mayor who isn't a white man. While many celebrate the milestone, others lament that all the Black candidates failed, in a city long seen as racist.

Two major U.S. cities have elected their first Asian American mayor and a third could join them.

One of the two candidates In Boston’s historic mayor’s race has found herself questioned about her decision to identify as a person of color.

The city has only ever elected White men.

Whichever candidate wins, a woman and person of color will be elected to the office.

Boston voters have for the first time narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of color who will face off against each other in November.

Democrat Michelle Wu has emerged the top vote-getter in a runoff election for the next mayor of Boston, but the race to decide her opponent in November is too early to call.

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey balked at the idea of mandating proof of COVID-19 vaccines in her city, comparing the idea to slavery policies.

Dennis White was put on leave two days after he was appointed

Boston’s police commissioner has been fired following a bitter battle to keep his job after decades-old domestic violence accusations came to light.

Asian Americans are eager to build political clout and looking for help to Kamala Harris, the first Asian American vice president. She meets Wednesday with one group.

Former Boston City Council President Kim Janey, 55, speaks after being sworn in as Boston's new mayor at City Hall, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Boston. She was the City Council president and will serve as acting mayor until a mayoral election in the fall. She also pledged to work to ensure that police in the city serve all residents fairly. Pressley described Janey as “a proud fourth-generation daughter of Roxbury," the heart of the city’s Black community. Her father was one of only eight Black students to graduate from the city’s prestigious Boston Latin School in 1964.

Boston has its first Black and first female mayor. Kim Janey officially took the reins as acting mayor at 9:01 p.m. Monday, a minute after Marty Walsh resigned, CBS Boston reports. We're an extremely diverse city from different backgrounds and different nationalities and different skin colors. Janey grew up in Roxbury, and is a graduate of the Boston and Reading Public Schools, as well as Smith College. The issues of affordable housing, public transportation, and climate change are not new.