The nonprofit leader and billionaire’s son entered the race for Boston mayor with name ID, momentum, and effectively unlimited money. How did it all come apart?
Money has already become a major theme of this year's race for Boston mayor. Want to see which major candidate has more money — or more out-of state donors?
She's a local progressive pushing for radical change. He's a state powerbroker who sometimes blocks it. Yet they are undeniably close and often aligned.
There's no shortage of issues to debate in this year’s Boston mayor’s race. But so far, the one taking center stage is money: who’s giving it, who’s spending it, whose dad has a lot of it, and how much of it is funding attack ads.
Michelle Wu, who just delivered her third child, is one of just a few women politicians who have not only led and legislated while raising young kids, but delivered them while in office.
“There are barriers,” one fellow mayor-mom told me, “if we allow it.”
Mass. has a full time Legislature. But we found that at least half of our 200 state lawmakers have a second job, outside business interest, or side hustle—raising questions about how much time they commit to their jobs, as well as potential conflicts of interest. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/19/m...
