Durkan, 32, a Democratic activist who has worked for Mayor Michelle Wu and US Senator Edward Markey, won 70 percent of the vote over Montez Hawywood, a veteran prosecutor, during Tuesday's special election.
Four members of Extinction Rebellion Boston were arrested Tuesday after trespassing at an East Boston electrical substation site to hold a picnic in protest of ongoing construction.
The Premier is a vocal opponent of the federal government’s plan to force provinces to slash emissions from their electricity grids and the emissions cap for the oil and gas sector