Wu unveils new budget, with property-tax fight still lingering

Wu warns of financial challenges despite Boston's strong fiscal health

Mayor Michelle Wu highlights Boston's fiscal health but warns of potential financial challenges, including stock market impacts and federal funding uncertainties.

Wu unveils new budget, with property-tax fight still lingering

Amid great economic uncertainty globally, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu put forward a plan with lower spending growth than she pursued last year.

Albany Diocese Bishop warns of financial, maintenance crisis

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Bishop Edward Scharfenberger released a letter on Monday warning of a financial and maintenance crisis among the Diocese of Albany. The bishop said they may have to relinquish one-third of the 126 parish churches and other buildings as well as some of the remaining parish schools. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Scharfenberger goes on to explain that in order to…

Albany Diocese may close 1/3 of its buildings

ALBANY, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- According to a letter from the bishop of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, the diocese -- which includes southern Herkimer County and all of Otsego County -- may be closing up to a third of its buildings. The Albany Times-Union first reported on the letter, which Bishop Edward Scharfenberger wrote and sent to the Catholic community on Monday, April 7. The letter by the Bishop stated that the diocese has "too many …

Albany diocese may close up to one-third of its buildings

Wu Officially Kicks off Reelection Campaign – Beacon Hill Times

By Adam Swift Mayor Michelle Wu officially kicked off her reelection campaign for a second term in office on Saturday. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “I promise you that Boston will never back down…not to kings, not to bullies, and not to nay sayers that want to bring us backward. Boston is not for sale.” During a speech to supporters at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama in the South End, Wu highlighted her administration’s accomplishments ov…