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Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Happy preliminary Election Day, Boston! Polls are open 7am - 8pm, don’t forget to get out there and vote 🗳️

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Today is the Boston Preliminary Election

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/08/2025

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Mayor Wu and I both started are @boston.gov careers as interns over a decade ago working to make permitting more clear, consistent, and predicable for residents and businesses. As Mayor, @wutrain.bsky.social is bringing that vision to life.

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will hold a press conference Tuesday morning to respond to US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s renewed demand that Boston end policies the Trump administration views as friendly to undocumented immigrants and impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts.” @bostonglobe.com

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Wu to respond to Bondi’s demands to end immigrant-friendly policies in Tuesday press conference - The Boston Globe

Mayor Michelle Wu’s office announced she will be joined by other elected officials and local leaders for the event.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Why should you care about Josh Kraft’s tax returns? This 🧵 will tell you exactly why.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Boston say no to kings 👑 , yes to pride 🏳️‍🌈, and yes to 4 more years of Michelle Wu 💜@wutrain.bsky.social

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 14/05/2025

For the 12th year in a row, @boston.gov has earned a triple-A bond rating from both Moody’s and S&P Global. This is the highest rating a city can receive, and a testament that our economic fundamentals, leadership, and local economy are strong and continue to grow.

Mayor Michelle Wu speaking at the press conference announcing Boston earned a AAA bond rating from S&P and Moody’s for the 12th consecutive year.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 05/05/2025

Boston is suing the Trump Administration as it tries to cancel billions of dollars in critical housing and homelessness grants, alongside cities and counties across the US. They want to force us to comply with unrelated and unconstitutional Executive Orders, but Boston doesn’t back down.

A screenshot of a press release. The City Seal is at the top of the image. Text reads: CITY OF BOSTON SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DEFEND CRITICAL HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS FUNDING. Mayor Wu joins multicity lawsuit challenging HUD’s unlawful attempt to withhold $48 million in previously-awarded funds to provide housing and services for people experiencing homelessness. BOSTON - Monday, May 5, 2025 - Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that the City of Boston joined a lawsuit with cities and counties from across the United States to challenge the Trump Administration’s unlawful move to cancel $3.6 billion in grants for housing and homelessness prevention unless Boston and other communities agree to the President’s unconstitutional Executive Orders. The suit challenges the move by the Trump Administration to withhold nearly $48 million in previously-awarded funding for Boston to fight homelessness unless the City agrees to comply with a raft of new Executive Orders and grant conditions, which are unrelated to housing and likely unconstitutional. The Administration’s actions threaten billions in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care (CoC) program, the single largest source of federal funding Boston and other cities use to address homelessness. This lawsuit seeks to defend the City from executive overreach and many unlawful and arbitrary conditions being added to the CoC program.

A screenshot of a press release. Text reads: “The Trump Administration is threatening to hold up nearly $48 million for Boston to tackle homelessness unless our City complies with unconstitutional Executive Orders,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “We are joining other cities and counties across the country to protect critical funding to prevent homelessness and house families in need. Boston will not back down on making our city a home for everyone.” The Continuum of Care program supports individuals experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless Boston residents with finding stable housing connected to health care, counseling, and other supportive services. Each year, the City of Boston works with local nonprofit organizations to assist more than 2,000 households experiencing homelessness —individuals, families, young adults, and veterans. These services are part of Boston’s broader “housing first” strategy, which focuses on helping people move into stable housing as quickly as possible with supports to help them stay housed. The actions by the Trump Administration threaten these resources and the housing that the City and its partners are able to provide. The new requirements from the federal government would force Boston and other cities to make legal promises that conflict with local laws, values, and long-standing efforts to support residents and connect them with stable housing. These include conditions related to immigration enforcement, health care, DEI, and how cities support transgender and gender-diverse individuals. If Boston agreed to these terms and was later found to be out of compliance based on this federal administration's unfounded and unsupported interpretation of the laws, the City could be forced to pay back all the grant money—up to three times the original amount—leaving thousands of residents without housing support and putting the City in an unnecessary position financially.

A screenshot of a text release. Text reads: Each year, the Continuum of Care program funds services in Boston such as permanent supportive housing for people with disabilities, rapid re-housing for those exiting homelessness, and transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence and others in crisis. More than 18 nonprofit organizations receive this funding annually to do their work, including Metro Housing | Boston, Pine Street Inn, HomeStart, and Casa Myrna. These groups also employ more than 125 people with this support. “Our nonprofit partners work every day to make sure our most vulnerable residents have the housing and the support services that they need to stabilize their lives,” said Sheila Dillon, Chief of Housing. “The Continuum of Care federal funding is too important to be compromised by the federal administration’s unrelated policy agenda.” "We cannot allow the federal government to abdicate our collective responsibility to provide housing for our homeless and neediest residents, including veterans and those struggling with mental health issues. Boston will continue to fight for critical funding to care for our residents and will protect their basic rights," said Council President Ruthzee Louijeune. Boston joins seven other jurisdictions in filing this lawsuit in the federal Western District of Washington, including King County, WA; the City of New York, NY; the City of Columbus, OH; the City and County of San Francisco, CA and Pierce County and Snohomish County, WA.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Today I launched our campaign for re-election—because Boston families deserve a Mayor who fights for them. Here in Boston, we stand up. We fight. We win. And we show the world that when we work together, anything is possible. Head to michelleforboston.com to join us.

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Photo of Mayor Michelle Wu waving with her husband, Conor Pewarski, and three kids, Blaise, Cass, and Mira.

Michelle Wu stands at a podium in front of hundreds of supporters waving Mayor Wu signs.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 01/04/2025

Honored to join the Working Mothers Summit with @bostonglobe.com, celebrating the incredible moms who make Boston a great place for families. When women have equal opportunities to lead and succeed without extra barriers, we all move closer to true progress.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

We needed a bigger space than him. See you Saturday, April 5th @ 2PM after the Hands Off rally! Family-friendly with activities for kids too. RSVP:

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Campaign Launch to Re-Elect Mayor Michelle Wu · Michelle for Mayor

Join Mayor Wu's Re-Election Campaign Kickoff! Doors open at 2:00pm.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

When a New York City audience gives a standing ovation to a Boston mayor, you must be doing something right. 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @wutrain.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

BREAKING — The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is being eliminated entirely via Reduction in Force (RIF), an agency source tells me. Staff have not been given reassignment options. Functions of the office will supposedly be assigned to other offices.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Loved seeing you there bringing the 🔥 and being the best evangelist for the importance of the work on the local level.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 20/03/2025

Last night I spoke to the people of Boston about our work to improve the lives of our residents and continue Boston’s historic legacy for the public good. I’m glad that the White House watched the speech, but Boston’s record does not match their reckless propaganda.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 19/03/2025

Two weeks ago, I went down to D.C. because some in Congress had questions about how we do things here in Boston. It might have been my voice speaking into the microphone that day, but it was 700,000 voices that gave Congress their answer: This is our city. #BostonSOTC

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 19/03/2025

Wu: "But for 395 years, come high water or hell - no matter who threatens to bring it - Boston has stood up for the people we love and the country we built. And we’re not stopping now."

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

To our City workers: At a time when public servants are being dismissed and discredited, you continue to show up for our residents and remind us what good government looks like. Thank you for setting the standard every day. — Mayor Michelle Wu @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social

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City of Boston @boston.gov · 19/03/2025

Please join @mayorwu.boston.gov live for her 2025 State of the City Address and hear about the hard work being done across our city to make Boston a home for everyone. #BostonSOTC

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STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS - March 19, 2025

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

People who actually understand how government works know that the ‘efficiency’ strategy of these cuts is misguided at best and an intentional lie at worst. I’m so sorry for all the incredible workers at Mathematica who got caught up in this mess.

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Boston Centers for Youth & Families @bcyf.boston.gov · 07/03/2025

Tomorrow (Saturday, March 8) is our hiring day. Learn about jobs and be interviewed on the spot! We have lots of great jobs available at our centers and pools. Learn more and pre-register at Bit.ly/BCYFHiringDay2025

Image listing jobs available, the date and time (11am to 2pm) and location (BCYF Shelburne Community Center.)

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

She nursed her baby and then went to war for her city. There is simply no one doing it like Michelle does it. No one.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Get ‘em, Mayor. We don’t fall for their false narratives here in Boston.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 05/03/2025

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

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Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 05/03/2025

You can watch the Oversight Committee hearing at which Wu is testifying. Resist the temptation to punch the screen, though, as you watch Rep. Comer, who has the world's most punchable face. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W19e... #Boston

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A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Give them hell tomorrow, Mayor. They are messing with the wrong City, and the wrong mayor.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 04/03/2025

I will never back down from the opportunity to publicly defend our city, our people, and everything we have accomplished together in Boston. Join me live now at a press conference in Washington D.C. with the Massachusetts congressional delegation.

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Join the Massachusetts Delegation in our fight against Trump.

YouTube video by Senator Markey

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Michelle Wu’s Boston is a success story the rest of the country needs to learn from. @bostonglobe.com: As Mayor Wu heads to Washington, Boston’s crime stats show reductions in severe violence www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/04/m...

Homicides fell by more than half, from 56 in 2020 to 24 last year, data from the BPD show. That total is the lowest in 67 years, and less than 20 percent of the total in 1990, the city's most violent year on record.

That decline has made Boston an outlier among similarly sized US cities: In 2023, there were 150 homicides in Louisville, Ky.; 132 murders in Las Vegas; 73 homicides in Portland, Ore.; 85 in Denver; and 38 in El Paso, Texas.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/03/2025

This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public. They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.

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Khadijah M Silver (they/them), JD/MPH @khadijah.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

So many of my favorite humans have done some time at #18F at one time or another and reading alumni celebrate its many successes today has been a beautiful way to remember and to honor that *no one can take that away from you.* Your goodness, your brilliance, your dedication to the people *matter.*

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Largest Boston police union —BPPA— delivers big endorsement to Mayor Michelle Wu. “I say that as strongly as I possibly can as we want her to be re-elected in November,” said BPPA president Larry Calderone. www.dotnews.com/2025/largest...

Photo shows BPPA President Larry Calderone with Mayor Wu during a Dorchester press conference on Feb. 27, 2025. Seth Daniel photo

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Boston's homicide rate in 2024: 3.6 per 100,000 House oversight committee R members from: AL 10.9 AZ 6.8 CO 6.4 FL 5.0 GA 8.2 LA 16.1 MO 10.1 NC 8.1 NY 4.0 OH 6.1 PA 7.9 SC 11.2 TN 8.6 TX 6.7 VA 7.3 WI 5.3 All their states have higher rates than our dangerous sanctuary city.

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Tiffany @tiffanychu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

PowerCorps: legit one of the coolest programs we do in Boston. 10 months paid, hands-on training in urban forestry, building operations, green infrastructure - fields where we as a city + many employers can’t find enough workers and we know jobs will only grow.

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Mohammed Missouri @mohammedmissouri.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Best Mayor in the country. Best police commissioner in the country. Safest major city in the country and working everyday to make it safer.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support.

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 20/02/2025

The City of Boston is leading 40+ mayors, cities, and counties in an amicus brief against the Trump Administration's drastic and illegal cuts to federal research funding—cuts that will lead to immediate job losses nationwide.

COALITION OF MAYORS ACROSS U.S. FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DRASTIC CUTS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING
Led by the City of Boston, MA, City of Cleveland, OH, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN, the Mayor of Gainesville, FL, and the Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT, over 40 mayors, cities, and counties argue that NIH cuts will cause job losses, economic disruption, and undermine U.S. competitiveness

BOSTON - Thursday, February 20, 2025 - Late yesterday, Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of Mayors from across the United States in writing and filing an amicus brief in federal district court in Boston to stop the Trump Administration's drastic and illegal cuts to federal research funding and immediate job losses in cities nationwide. Over 40 mayors, cities, and counties from across the country joined the brief. These cities are home to universities and hospitals that employ hundreds of thousands of Americans in cutting edge medical and scientific research, and the federally-funded research in these communities has made the United States the global leader in scientific discovery. The brief seeks a temporary restraining order against the Trump Administration, alongside the research universities, medical schools, hospitals, and 22 states that are plaintiffs in the three cases filed last week in federal district court.

“For decades, Congress has made a clear choice to use federally-funded research to invest in cities, build a broadly-distributed infrastructure for scientific discovery, create jobs, and drive economic growth in communities across the United States,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “We join with cities across the country – in red states, purple states, and blue states – to stop this illegal action that will cause layoffs, lab closures, and undermine scientific progress in American cities. I thank Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell for her leadership on behalf of the research institutions of Boston.”

This amicus brief is in response to the abrupt February 7, 2025 announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of an immediate reduction in funding for scientific and medical research institutions across the country. Under the NIH’s new policy, which temporarily went into effect on Monday, February 10, payments for indirect costs reimbursed to research universities would be capped at 15%, down from 30-70%. The brief makes clear that NIH funding cuts would devastate research institutions in cities across the county, cause job losses, create severe economic disruption, and undermine a critical pillar of strength and civic pride in cities across the United States. The cuts would also undermine critical medical and scientific research that residents are counting on, including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, and jeopardize the cities’ and country’s position of global leadership on scientific advancement.
“The Gainesville community depends on this highly efficient, dependable investment of our tax dollars back into our city’s innovation economy,” said Harvey L. Ward, Mayor, City of Gainesville, Florida. “I’m glad to join other mayors in highlighting the vital role NIH funding plays in the lives of everyday hardworking American families.”
“The breadth and diversity of this coalition highlights the devastating and widespread impact of these NIH funding changes, from Alzheimer’s research to cancer clinical trials,” said Jill Habig, Founder and CEO of Public Rights Project. “We’re proud to partner with mayors, cities, and counties in opposing this threat to critical federal funding and the health and vitality of our communities.”
On Monday, February 10th, twenty two states and associations of medical schools, hospitals, and universities, filed three related cases, and secured a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump Administration from slashing the reimbursement rates. That initial order will be revisited this week in a hearing scheduled for Feb. 21.

The Public Rights Project served as amici counsel. The full list of mayors, cities and counties who joined the brief is below.

Local Governments and Mayors

City of Boston, Massachusetts
City of Cleveland, Ohio
Harvey L. Ward, Mayor, City of Gainesville, Florida
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
Erin Mendenhall, Mayor, City of Salt Lake City, Utah
City of Alameda, California
City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
City of Baltimore, Maryland
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Mayor, City of Burlington, Vermont
Township of Canton, Michigan
Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
City of Chicago, Illinois
Sandra Welch, Mayor, City of Coconut Creek, Florida
City of Columbus, Ohio
City of Easthampton, Massachusetts
Daniel Biss, Mayor, City of Evanston, Illinois
City of Fairfax, Virginia
Harris County, Texas
Ravinder S. Bhalla, Mayor, City of Hoboken, New Jersey
Quinton Lucas, Mayor, Kansas City, Missouri
Indya Kincannon, Mayor, City of Knoxville, Tennessee
City of Madison, Wisconsin
Jeff Silvestrini, Mayor, City of Millcreek, Utah
Anissa Welch, Mayor, City of Milton, Wisconsin
Montgomery County, Maryland
City of New Haven, Connecticut
Dontae Payne, Mayor, City of Olympia, Washington
Adrian O. Mapp, Mayor, City of Plainfield, New Jersey
Sue Noack, Mayor, City of Pleasant Hill, California
City of Pittsburgh and Ed Gainey, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
City of Providence, Rhode Island
John Clark, Mayor, Town of Ridgway, Colorado
City of Rochester, New York
City of Sacramento, California
City and County of San Francisco, California
City of Santa Monica, California
Constantine H. Kutteh, Mayor, City of Statesville, North Carolina
Lisa Brown, Mayor, City of Spokane, Washington
Tishaura O. Jones, Mayor, City of St. Louis, Missouri
City of St. Paul, Minnesota
Dennis R. McBride, Mayor, City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Just some amazing things created by federal civil servants 💚

Mounted mastodon skeleton on a bed of gravel, in front of framed oil paintings.

Mounted T. rex skeleton posed as though prying the head off a prone Triceratops.

Tableau of Moropus and Daeodon facing off over a pile of rhino bones.

Gaggles of visitors looking over rail at quarry wall of dinosaur bones at Dinosaur National Monument

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Grateful everyday that leaders in our admin & around the city know deeply what’s at stake for families & are getting things done to make a difference 🙏

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Our policy is not perfect, but it is progress. Those early days are so precious, and so important. And as @wutrain.bsky.social said, every person is different, and our workers should be able to make those choices that work for them. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/m...

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After giving birth, Wu isn’t taking formal parental leave. But she made sure city workers can. - The Boston Globe

In her first few years in office, Wu proposed then expanded the city's paid parental leave program. Some still wish it were longer.

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Alex Lawrence @alawrence12.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

In our 2022 paid leave roll-out we made some important changes. We: -Provided employees with the ability to take leave intermittently -Expanded qualifying events for the policy to include adoption and pregnancy loss after 20 weeks. -Added 5 days bereavement for pregnancy loss prior to 20 weeks.

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