She has held roughly a dozen prep sessions and hired outside counsel at $950/hour to gear up for a hearing Wednesday that is both a minefield and a potential political opportunity.

Mayor Michelle Wu “expects to pay” up to $650,000 to prepare for tomorrow’s congressional hearing on sanctuary cities, the mayor’s office told the Herald. “The prep sessions included staff from the Mayor’s Office,

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded Monday to criticism she received after offering her condolences to the family of a person police say was wielding a knife when he was shot and killed by an off-duty officer inside Chick-fil-A Saturday night on Boylston Street.