BOSTON

Starting Wednesday morning, city workers went tent to tent, talking with those living in them about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's deadline to clear these temporary homes from streets in the so-called "Mass. and Cass" area by the end of the day.

As WBUR’s Gabrielle Emanuel reports, much of the burden has fallen on school nurses, who say they are having to come up with policies on the fly.

The program has carved out spaces with lower light and room for privacy: "I would say we have over a 99% success rate, even with kids who have some pretty substantial needs."

Boston police used a "slush fund" to pay for a surveillance device that can grab cell phone data from suspects — and also from other phones nearby. The department says it has no policy on using the controversial spy gear.

A long-running civil rights movement has won a huge but quiet victory in Boston. It’ll mean millions of dollars in spending, and construction projects across the city.

"It’s amazing. About time they try to do something for us.”

"The point is that the mayor of Boston is someone who can rally people, bring people together, and go after problems that are even bigger than the state has allowed the city to be in charge of," Weiss said.

Wu joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy live to discuss what's ahead.

Attorneys say one of the men who appeared at this week's inaugural session of a new court inside the Suffolk County jail is now being held at another jail where there is a coronavirus outbreak.

"We've got to make sure that we're filling pot holes, repairing our sidewalks, building playgrounds, picking up the trash and turning on the lights," she said. "It's not sexy. It's not glamorous."