BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Sunday declared a snow emergency starting at 8 a.m. Sunday and announced that Boston Public Schools will be closed on Monday.

Residents are advised that a snow emergency/parking ban will take effect starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Once the snow emergency goes into effect, vehicles parked on major roads and main arteries will be towed. The City is urging residents to abide by snow regulations and encouraging all drivers to use caution if traveling. Residents are also encouraged to sign up for emergency notifications through AlertBoston and to call 311 for non-emergency related issues. For any emergency, residents should call 911.

Boston City Hall and other municipal buildings will be closed on Sunday and Monday.

All Boston Public Schools and central offices will be closed Monday due to snow. All BPS extracurricular activities, sports, and programs on Sunday and Monday will also be canceled.

“Boston is preparing for the snow, and we need everyone to help stay safe and check on your neighbors, family, and friends,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “Our city workers will be working around the clock throughout the storm, and we ask everyone to make plans to stay inside and stay off the roads wherever possible to give our crews the space to clear the roads and respond to emergencies.”

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A lengthy debate is playing out between Beacon Hill and Boston over property taxes.

Political leaders are seeking solutions as residential rates rise due to falling commercial values. At the heart of that debate is Massachusetts State Sen. Nick Collins.

“You have to make policy decisions backed by information, and that’s how we’re going to continue to approach policy debates in the Senate,” said Collins.

The Boston Democrat, who represents parts of the city including Southie and Dorchester, put forward legislation earlier this month to address the ongoing issue.

“This authorization would allow cities and towns, and particularly the City of Boston, to issue rebates to taxpayers to mitigate the tax increase they just absorbed,” said Collins.

Property taxes are at risk of spiking at the start of 2026 as the city combats falling commercial property values.

That plan passed on a 37-1 vote and counters a proposal from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu that would temporarily shift more of the tax burden onto commercial properties.

Collins calls that idea a “march of folly” and a “bad idea.” Wu has said Collins did not bring up his concerns in the past and suggested he’s either misinformed or purposely misleading voters.

“The mayor is trying to use games and tricks to distract from the fact that the proposal was flawed,” he said. “It was overwhelmingly rejected by the Senate.”

But some argue that Boston deserves to have a deeper ability to make these decisions because the city serves as the economic driver for New England.

Collins agrees, but only in part.

“Yes, but not bad ideas,” said he said.

Mayor Michelle Wu is proposing an increase on property taxes for businesses to help alleviate the financial strain for homeowners. NBC10 Boston’s Sue O’Connell hit the streets to see what Bostonians think of the ongoing debate.

The public tiff hasn’t slowed as the Senate’s plan now heads for the House of Representatives.

“The only way that good tax policy — in this case, to provide relief to homeowners, not just in Boston but statewide — gets blocked is by politics,” Collins said.

Tune in Sunday at 9:30 a.m. for our extended @Issue Sit Down with Collins. He weighs-in on the ongoing disagreement with Wu and whether the lines of communication are still open despite that public back-and-forth.

Bill Murray, comedy great and wise guy of the century, was almost a doctor. True story: a young Murray was on a pre-med track at Regis University, right up until he was caught packing 10 pounds of pot at an airport, and dropped out of school before the powers that be had the chance to expel him. The arrest sent him home to Chicago and into the kooky realm of comedy. One iconic “Saturday Night Live” stint and countless films and classic lines later — “back off man, I’m a scientist” comes to mind — and it’s apparent that his impromptu career change panned out just fine.

But Murray would have been just as well-served to pivot to a different sector of the entertainment industry, as his show at Boston’s House of Blues demonstrated Thursday night. On tour as Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers, the 75-year-old actor and his band skillfully stormed through a selection of covers, seemingly for no other reason than a love of their craft.

On the band’s website, Murray’s billed as the group’s lead singer, and his flair for the dramatic serves him well as a shimmying, shuddering frontman. But if someone at the House of Blues were none the wiser about the older gentleman in the beanie and button-up shirt, he’d seem like an unassuming bandmate who was content to cede center stage for half of the performance. Of the evening’s 12 songs, Murray only took the lead on half of them, and otherwise happily cycled through instruments at a percussion station of sorts, complete with chimes, a cowbell, a shaker, a pair of congas, and a mic for backing vocals.

He didn’t even approach the front of the stage to sing lead until the third song, Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London,” a pick that allowed Murray to ham up the chorus’ howls. Whenever he took a back seat and returned to his instruments, Murray’s core bandmates — guitarists Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia, and Jimmy Vivino — took the lead for blues-soaked covers of song such as Prince’s “Little Red Corvette,” plus an original by Zito and Castiglia called “In My Soul.”

The only guests who were likely to have walked away disappointed Thursday night were those who thought they’d bought tickets to a novelty act in the vein of Murray’s SNL character Nick the Lounge Singer. Ever the entertainer, the actor didn’t shy away from his fine-tuned ability to warp his face and voice, but Murray wasn’t kidding around.

“I love your city,” he told the crowd. “I’ve been here a lot of times. I’ve made a lot of friends. Some are here tonight, some are gone. We’re gonna play tonight for the ones that are gone, OK?”

When Murray sang “Like A Rolling Stone,” he didn’t ask “how does it feel?”, he bellowed it, arguably with more conviction than the original. His exuberant rendition of Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309 / Jenny,” which felt like a shared karaoke session between Murray and the equally eager crowd, warranted a quick spin from the House of Blues’s disco ball, as did a cover of the Stephen Stills song “Love the One You’re With” that tapped in Cape Ann musician Juliet Hawkins as a singing partner.

If that sounds like a celebrity seeking a quick check, or a restless actor desperate to branch out, I’d advise you to buy a ticket, see for yourself, and back off, man.

This guy’s a musician.

BILL MURRAY & HIS BLOOD BROTHERS

With the Jimmy Carpenter Band. At the House of Blues, Thursday

Victoria Wasylak can be reached at victoria.wasylak@globe.com. Follow her on Bluesky at VickiWasylak.bsky.social.