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Republicans Are Floating Plans To Raise the Endowment Tax. Here’s What You Need To Know.

Rep. Mike V. Lawler (R-N.Y.), an ally of President Donald Trump, became the latest Republican lawmaker to introduce an endowment tax on Friday, proposing an 8.6 percent tax hike for Harvard and other wealthy colleges and universities.

Harvard Federal Funding Graphic
Endowment

Harvard’s Federal Funding Is Under Fire. Here’s What’s at Risk.

President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders targeting funding for education sent shockwaves through Harvard this week, jeopardizing thousands of research jobs and more than 10 percent of the University’s operating revenue.

Harvard Management Company (HMC)
University Finances

Harvard Endowment Reinvests $150M in Company Tied to Israeli Settlements in Palestine

The Harvard Management Company reinvested $150 million in Booking Holdings Inc., a company under fire for its operation in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to its 2024 third quarter filings.

Harvard Management Company (HMC)
University Finances

Harvard Consolidates Its Portfolio of Direct Holdings Amid Shift Toward Private Equity

The Harvard Management Company pared down the direct holdings in its public equity portfolio to fewer public stocks than Harvard has held since 2017, continuing a pattern of consolidation under CEO N.P. “Narv” Narvekar.

Aerial View of Cambridge City Hall
Harvard in the City

Harvard, Cambridge Fail To Reach New PILOT Agreement by End-of-Year Deadline

Harvard and the city of Cambridge have missed their end-of-year deadline for renegotiating Harvard’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes program, which replaces a portion of the property taxes that the University is otherwise exempt from paying.

Cambridge City Hall Participatory Budgeting
City Politics

Cambridge Will Consider Restoring Two-Way Traffic Along Garden Street

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a policy order Monday asking the city to devise a plan to restore Garden Street to two-way automobile traffic while retaining its two-way bike lanes by April 2025.

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang at Council Meeting
City Politics

City Manager Huang Urges ‘Moderation of Growth’ to Address Budget Crunch

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 offered a playbook for addressing the city’s unsustainable budget growth in a Friday interview with The Crimson, suggesting that the city may further raise property taxes and pare back certain city services in fiscal year 2026.

Cambridge City Council Meeting Housing
City Politics

City Council Requests Update to Cambridge Bicycle Plan

The Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted a policy order on Monday to request that the city update the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, a report on cycling trends and policy affecting bike lane infrastructure, for the first time in four years.

Widener Library
College

Phi Beta Kappa Selects ‘Senior 48’ From Harvard Class of 2025

Forty-eight Harvard College seniors were elected to Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on Wednesday, joining 24 of their classmates who were inducted in the spring to the nation’s oldest and most distinguished academic honor society.

Harvard-Yale Game 2024 Tailgate
College

Final Clubs Host Unofficial Harvard-Yale Tailgate Before HUPD Sweep

Hundreds of students flocked to an unofficial tailgate hosted by Harvard final clubs ahead of The Game on Saturday morning, where attendees danced to music, gleefully passed around Jell-O shots, and ignored the cold rainy weather.

Harriet Jacobs House
City Politics

The Fight to Preserve Harriet Jacobs’ Legacy in Cambridge

A historical preservation committee wants to maintain the home of a formerly enslaved woman as a memorial and museum. The owner wants to build a boutique hotel. It’s a tenuous marriage.

I-90 Turnpike near Allston-Brighton Exit
Allston

Biden Pledged Massive Grants for Massachusetts Projects. Trump Might Not Follow Through.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transportation grants for Massachusetts could be axed under President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration, according to former Mass. Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi.

Zoning Laws City Hall
Crime

Cambridge Will Ask State Legislature to Allow Use of Traffic Cameras

The Cambridge City Council unanimously voted on Monday to draft a petition asking the Massachusetts State Assembly to allow the city to implement automatic traffic enforcement.

Ride for Your Life
City Politics

More Than 100 Bike From Cambridge to Boston to Demand Better Traffic Safety

More than 100 cyclists biked from Cambridge Common to the Massachusetts State House on Sunday, where they joined a tearful rally commemorating bikers and pedestrians who have died after being hit by cars.

Cambridge City Hall
Cambridge

Trump Wants to Deport Millions of Undocumented Immigrants. Cambridge Isn’t Planning to Cooperate.

Vice Mayor Marc C. McGovern doubled down on the city’s commitment to honoring Cambridge’s status as a sanctuary city, which limits its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

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