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Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, on Wednesday defended her hosting of a segregated electeds of color party. Asked if she thought it was divisive, she replied: No.

The Boston City Council approved a new five-year contract between the city and its largest police union, an $82 million deal that includes a 9% raise in salary and significant reforms around officer discipline, overtime and paid details.

Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, on Wednesday arrived at the electeds of color party with Russell Holmes, a Massachusetts state representative. She said the party was not divisive.

A Massachusetts law that bans making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in admission to or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race.

Boston needs voters - citizens, non-citizens, it doesn't matter to the City Council. Boosting low-turnout districts on election day is all that matters.

City Council passed the measure with an 8-4 vote, but it still needs the approval of Mayor Michelle Wu and the state Legislature.

The city’s new police contract opens the door for civilian flaggers to take on paid detail assignments, now held exclusively by BPD officers, but officials indicated that those lucrative roles will likely go to retired police officers.

A number of Boston city councilors described being “blindsided” by a controversial resolution put forward by one of their colleagues, honoring two students for organizing a pro-Palestinian walkout at their high school last week.  

Schools are weighing whether metal detectors can prevent increasing violence as multiple students were stabbed or brought loaded guns to schools this week.

In the private sector, employees who cost a company money through their errors are disciplined, demoted and often fined. Those who worked for and promoted the redistricting map in question should be held accountable for the legal costs to the city.