
Saraya Wintersmith
City hall Reporter at GBH News (Boston, MA)
Fearfully & wonderfully made. Ever-curious, ever-skeptical. #Bison Watching power & policymaking & political races in Boston @GBHNews / (617) 300 — 2498
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1 week ago |
wgbh.org | Saraya Wintersmith
June 05, 2025 A day after her most prominent campaign opponent lobbed accusations of violating state campaign finance law, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took the morning Thursday to defend her reelection campaign.
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2 weeks ago |
nepm.org | Saraya Wintersmith
Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Leah Willingham/AP / APU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons announces that his agency took nearly 1,500 immigrants into custody in Massachusetts over the month of May during a news conference at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Monday, June 2, 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
wgbh.org | Saraya Wintersmith
June 02, 2025 Nearly 1,500 suspected unlawful immigrants were seized in Massachusetts last month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during an agency surge dubbed “Operation Patriot,” officials announced Monday. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, U. S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley and Patricia Hyde, field director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston revealed the roundup in a joint press conference.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Saraya Wintersmith
May 13, 2025 Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft Tuesday failed to explain how he could recuse himself from conflicts of interest involving the city of Boston and his family’s multi-pronged business if elected, potentially adding to concerns about the financial implications of his bid to lead the city. Kraft, who is the son of billionaire Patriots and New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft, has previously headed the Kraft family’s philanthropic efforts through the Patriots Foundation.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Saraya Wintersmith
May 09, 2025 The wave of young Democrats looking to unseat incumbents in the midterms has hit Massachusetts. This week, Patrick Roath, an attorney and voting rights advocate, kicked off his bid to unseat Rep. Stephen Lynch more than a year ahead of the 2026 Democratic primary.
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